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
- Brighton & Hove City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Thomson Reuters Group Ltd SME
- Value
- £390,044
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published21 Apr 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
To support the effective delivery of legal services across the Council with the provision of comprehensive and authoritative suite of online legal research tools and electronic library resources.
About the supplier
Thomson Reuters Group Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03296375).