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
- VIVID Housing Ltd · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Trinsic Ltd SME
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Mobile-telephone services (CPV 64212000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 101881-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Oct 2026
- Published28 Oct 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award through YPO Framework - Network Connectivity and Telecommunication Solutions 2 Mobile Airtime Agreement with Vodafone via Trinsic.
About the supplier
Trinsic Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08785847).