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
- Chesterfield Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £303,247.59
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Networking software package (CPV 48210000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 078838-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Aug 2026
- Published19 Aug 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Renewal of services relating to Cloud on AWS.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).