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
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- British Telecommunications PLC
- Value
- £2,346,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Telecommunications services (CPV 64200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 091361-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Jul 2024
- Published28 Sep 2026Published 818 days after the contract date
Description
The Type C contract notice explained that the Framework was to appoint a single supplier to build gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure and whose role would be to target premises in respect of which (1) no or no appropriate market interest has been received through GIS market engagement steps for proposed Type A or Type B procurement areas; (2) BDUK has not awarded a contract following a procurement for Type A or Type B areas; (3) Type A or Type B contracts that cover these premises fail to be delivered by the supplier and are descoped or terminated; (4) Type C provides demonstrably better value for money or pace of build or coverage. As is clear from criteria 1 – 4, use of Type C is contingent on external factors. <br/><br/>To date 8 Call-Off Contracts have been awarded under Type C to subsidise the design, build and operation of gigabit-capable supplier networks providing long-term, sustainable availability of wholesale gigabit broadband services in the hardest to reach parts of …
About the supplier
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00180000).