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
- Scottish Enterprise · Regional or local agency/office
- Supplier
- Bank of Scotland
- Value
- £60,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Banking services (CPV 66110000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 084830-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Aug 2026
- Published8 Sep 2026Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
Scottish Enterprise is currently undertaking a significant organisational and systems transformation programme, including the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The existing banking services arrangements have important operational and technical dependencies with our finance systems, and introducing a new banking provider during this period would create additional implementation, integration and service continuity risks. To maintain stability and ensure the successful implementation and embedding of the ERP solution, Scottish Enterprise intends to continue its current contractual arrangements with Bank of Scotland plc until December 2028. This will provide continuity of critical banking services while future requirements are fully understood and the new ERP environment is established.
About the supplier
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