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
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Hemisphere West Europe Ltd SME
- Value
- £39,187.20
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Library software package (CPV 48160000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 102446-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Sep 2026
- Published29 Oct 2026Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
Point to Point Encryption services for library payment terminals
About the supplier
Hemisphere West Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05271440).