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
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £215,333
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 081782-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Jul 2026
- Published27 Aug 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
Microsoft Licencing. Additional information: Direct Award Call off from "ITS4052 SU Software Licence Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services (SLRA) Lot 1 – Microsoft and Associated Services"
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).