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
- Better Group Limited SME
- Value
- £102,467
- 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
- North East
- Official notice
- 100991-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published26 Oct 2026Published 117 days after the contract date
Description
Sunderland City Council has awarded a contract for Social Care Provider Portal Implementation Services. The contract is for a period of 12-months with the option to extend for a further 12-month period at the complete discretion of the Council. The above contract was awarded via the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) G-Cloud 14 Framework (RM1557.14).
About the supplier
Better Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10241361).