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
- Cambridgeshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Preservica Ltd SME
- Value
- £32,499
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published8 Jul 2026Published 99 days after the contract date
Description
Digital Preservation system conforms to the Open Archival Information System standard: (OAIS) reference architecture (ISO14721:2012): Has the following functions: Ingest, Archival Storage, Data Management, Administration, Access, Preservation Planning and Preservation Action. Content Upload
About the supplier
Preservica Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07998621).