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
- London Borough of Havering · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- The Access Group
- Value
- £861,104.38
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 085586-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published9 Sep 2026Published 70 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award a new contract via the VAS framework to ensure the continued delivery of statutory education services.
About the supplier
The Access Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02343760).