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
- Government Commercial Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Alexander Mann Solutions Limited
- Value
- £20,000,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer support and consultancy services (CPV 72600000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 101968-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Feb 2024
- Published28 Oct 2026Published 995 days after the contract date
Description
GCA considers all five modifications to be non-substantial within the meaning of Regulation 72(1)(e) PCR 2015. To include (a) Service Levels/PIs for the Resource Augmentation Service and Permanent Recruitment Service, (b) clarifying the application of the MSP Fee to the Permanent Recruitment Service. (c) updating the applicable data-processing and retention provisions, (d) to clarify drafting errors and improve clarity and (e) inclusion of PPN 021 - Payment Spot Checks in the supply chain. The change will have no impact on the commercials and does not change the nature of the Framework. Nor are these changes considered material.
About the supplier
Alexander Mann Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02073305).