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
- Trafford Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Stopford Information Systems SME
- Value
- £77,760
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 104152-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Nov 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct Award via G Cloud 14 Registrars diary management system. Contract is for an initial 3 year term with an option to extend for a further year.
About the supplier
Stopford Information Systems: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03837891).