Who Won It

Contract award · 31 Aug 2026

Corporate and Libraries Web Filtering Licenses

Coventry City Council awarded “Corporate and Libraries Web Filtering Licenses” to Softcat PLC for £339k on 31 Aug 2026. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionIT servicesWest Midlands

BuyerCoventry City Council
Value £339k
WinnerSoftcat PLC SME

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Coventry City Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Softcat PLC SME
Value
£339,045.93
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
Region
West Midlands
Official notice
087327-2026 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date31 Aug 2026
  2. Published15 Sep 2026Published 15 days after the contract date

Description

Procurement of Web Filtering Software

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