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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Master Software Solutions Ltd. SME
- Value
- £226,842
- 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
- South East
- Official notice
- 095822-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Sep 2026
- Published9 Oct 2026Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
The supply, implementation and support of the Proquro SaaS e-procurement and contract management platform, including data migration, training, integration and ongoing support.
About the supplier
Master Software Solutions Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08128692).