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
- Blackpool Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Idox Software Limited
- Value
- £120,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Educational software package (CPV 48190000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 096049-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Oct 2026
- Published12 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
For the provision of Hosting, Support & Maintenance of Idox EHC Hub The Education, Health and Care Plan Software is procured via a Call-Off Contract from the G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14) Lot 2: Cloud software.
About the supplier
Idox Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02933889).