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
- Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Gartner Limited
- Value
- £260,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Subscription services (CPV 79980000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 085855-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Sep 2026
- Published10 Sep 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This has been procured through a framework
About the supplier
Gartner Limited: every public contract they have won.