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
- Chesterfield Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Access Paysuite Limited
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Mainframe transaction processing software package (CPV 48217100)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 098458-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published19 Oct 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is for the provision of an income payment services platform and gateway which supports electronic transactions.
About the supplier
Access Paysuite Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04595169).