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
- Cheshire East Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £208,440
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 084497-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Aug 2026
- Published7 Sep 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Acquisition of software to facilitate secure access to sensitive/confidential data by c. 300 advocates
About the supplier
Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01679046).