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
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- BESA Publications Limited SME
- Value
- £150,878
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 101408-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Sep 2026
- Published27 Oct 2026Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
SFG20 Facilities - iQ Software
About the supplier
BESA Publications Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03034318).