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
- Central Bedfordshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Evouchers Ltd
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 103999-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The contract has been awarded to E Vouchers Ltd through a direct award under the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 Framework (RM1557.14), established under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The supplier was identified as meeting the Council's requirements for the provision of a secure and accessible eVoucher solution, including rapid mobilisation, flexible distribution methods, reporting functionality and experience delivering similar services within the public sector. The direct award has been undertaken in accordance with the framework's call-off procedures, with consideration given to supplier capability, service suitability and value for money.
About the supplier
Evouchers Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 14159254).