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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- PA Consulting Services Ltd
- Value
- £227,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Official notice
- 085907-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Dec 2025
- Published23 Dec 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
A short study to inform the best way for the Department to meet the need for a comprehensive and searchable digital archive system.
About the supplier
PA Consulting Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00414220).