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
- Student Loans Company · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kainos Worksmart Limited
- Value
- £865,284
- 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
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 093827-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2026
- Published5 Oct 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
865,284.00
About the supplier
Kainos Worksmart Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI622516).