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
- University of the West of Scotland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- DataVita
- Value
- £125,570
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Networks (CPV 32400000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 102183-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Aug 2026
- Published28 Oct 2026Published 76 days after the contract date
Description
Extension of contract for Wide Area Network links (WAN) allows time to run a procurement exercise for the replacement of the WAN. It is anticipate that there will be a significant change in WAN design including install.
About the supplier
DataVita: every public contract they have won.