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
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £54,600
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 086828-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Feb 2025
- Published14 Sep 2026Published 567 days after the contract date
Description
Solihull Council has awarded a contract to provide a digital solution comprising a suite involving MIS data collection, and incorporating a GDPR compliance tool that securely and automatically collects and transmits data from schools to the council. Initial term contract start date: 01/03/2025 Initial Term contract end date: 28/02/2027 Option to extend up to a further 2 years to 28/02/2029.
About the supplier
Community Brands UK Ltd T/A VenturEd Solutions UK: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10903330).