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
- Lancashire Combined Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Limited
- Value
- £2,196,073.24
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 092354-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jun 2026
- Published30 Sep 2026Published 107 days after the contract date
Description
A Microsoft Enterprise Agreement is required by LFRS in order to provision all the necessary Microsoft licenses needed for desktop Microsoft 365 elements, including Teams, Office, Visio etc, and for all the server licenses required to support the network.
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).