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
- Gateshead Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Causeway Technologies Ltd
- Value
- £131,506.21
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 082917-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Nov 2025
- Published15 Dec 2025Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of a road management software solution with a digital temporary traffic regulation Order (TTRO) system which allows highway authorities, utility companies and contractors plan, coordinate and communicate traffic interventions.
About the supplier
Causeway Technologies Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03921897).