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
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Telefonica Tech UK
- Value
- £43,472.40
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Servers (CPV 48820000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 080615-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published25 Aug 2026Published 55 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of support, maintenance, licensing and associated technical services for the Council's existing server, storage and virtual desktop infrastructure to ensure ongoing resilience, performance and continuity of service.
About the supplier
Telefonica Tech UK: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02563193).