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
- Money and Pensions Service · Arms Length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions
- Supplier
- Access Intelligence Media and Communications SME
- Value
- £38,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · News-agency services (CPV 92400000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 096435-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jul 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 74 days after the contract date
Description
Access to political news monitoring platform
About the supplier
Access Intelligence Media and Communications: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03819220).