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
- Sunderland City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- WTL Limited SME
- Value
- £133,734
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer support and consultancy services (CPV 72600000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 098241-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Oct 2026
- Published18 Oct 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Sunderland City Council has awarded a contract for a Managed Service for the Provision, Management and Support of a Security Platform. The initial contract period is for 14 months, with the option to extend for 1 x 12 months. The above contract was awarded via the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) G-Cloud 14 Framework (RM1557.14).
About the supplier
WTL Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04553105).