Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- National Library of Scotland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- XMA Limited
- Value
- £551,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Computer servers (CPV 48822000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 076006-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Oct 2025
- Published21 Nov 2025Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
This Procurement was carried out via a Non-Competitive Action (NCA) for technical (integration) reasons.
About the supplier
XMA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02051703).