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
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software
- Value
- £5,022,771.87
- 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 West
- Official notice
- 104302-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Nov 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published the same day
Description
Microsoft Renewal - Enterprise Subscription Agreement & Server and Cloud Enrolment - 3 year fixed contract.
About the supplier
Phoenix Software: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).