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
- Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Kerv Digital Ltd
- Value
- £600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Maintenance of information technology software (CPV 72267100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 086554-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Dec 2025
- Published31 Dec 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
The primary aim is to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of RBG Kew's D365 and Azure environment. CCS Framework Information : RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 Lots 1-3.
About the supplier
Kerv Digital Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07510381).