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
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Saadian Technologies Ltd
- Value
- £184,904
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 085442-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Aug 2026
- Published9 Sep 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Renewal contract and secure ongoing licence to use PINS - the Prisoner Intelligence Notification System. The use of PINS is necessary so that the Force has visibility of the prison population within England and Wales, allowing for movements of prisoners and upcoming releases to be tracked by the respective force. The system also allows force's to complete intelligence work in order to better protect the public by identifying linked offenders and prolific gangs, so that these can be tracked throughout their sentences but also after release.
About the supplier
Saadian Technologies Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07180876).