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
- Blackpool Council · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Civica UK Limited
- Value
- £85,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software supply services (CPV 72268000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 083766-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Dec 2025
- Published17 Dec 2025Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Electoral Management Software
About the supplier
Civica UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01628868).