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
- Avon Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Softcat Plc
- Value
- £39,878
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Local area network services (CPV 72710000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 102449-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jul 2026
- Published29 Oct 2026Published 94 days after the contract date
Description
Contract for the provision of LAN support. The procurement was undertaken via GCloud14 RM1557
About the supplier
Softcat Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).