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
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Quartix Ltd SME
- Value
- £97,920
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telematics system (CPV 32441300)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 080903-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Sep 2025
- Published9 Dec 2025Published 82 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for the replacement of the vehicle tracking systems fitted to all the authority's vehicles.
About the supplier
Quartix Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04159907).