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
- the Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Version 1 Solutions Limited
- Value
- £1,160,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 078669-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jul 2026
- Published18 Aug 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
The purpose of this contract is to ensure that a managed support service is available for live services and as solution development with EA's delivery partners moves into live environments, always ensuring continuity of service for all customers throughout the duration of the contract. The service provision will allow for changes, incident management, performance testing, etc, to ensure an excellent standard of customer experience is maintained across all applications.
About the supplier
Version 1 Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03438874).