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 Audit Office · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- XCD HR Limited SME
- Value
- £369,433.47
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 080409-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Nov 2025
- Published8 Dec 2025Published 37 days after the contract date
Description
The National Audit Office (NAO) has awarded a contract for the provision of a fully integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution encompassing HR, recruitment, and performance management functionalities. This contract was awarded via Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 14 framework
About the supplier
XCD HR Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07418327).