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
- Supplier
- CGI IT UK Limited
- Value
- £696,555
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Nov 2025
- Published2 Dec 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Specialist Digital Resources for the Inspection Improvement Programme (IIP) and Associated Digital Services. The contract will allow Ofsted to retain 10 key CGI contractors beyond their existing expiry date of 30 November 2025. The majority of these CGI contractors are required to 31st March 2026 due to their involvement in the Inspection Improvement Programme (IIP) which is a strategic priority for Ofsted.
About the supplier
CGI IT UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00947968).