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
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- British Telecommunications PLC
- Value
- £1,412,852.55
- 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
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 095478-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jul 2026
- Published9 Oct 2026Published 70 days after the contract date
Description
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council requires the procurement of the Palo Alto Networks solution. This procurement is for the supply of the specified Palo Alto Networks licences, subscriptions, hardware, support and associated services.
About the supplier
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01800000).