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
- The North Yorkshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £553,669
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telecommunications network (CPV 32412100)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2026
- Published9 Feb 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of a managed Session Border Control (SBC) solution with the associated Gamma SIP trunk call bundles & a Mitel Subscription solution, providing Managed, hosted Session Border Controllers (SBCs) delivering secure, scalable support for a minimum of 400 SIP trunks, enabling seamless voice connectivity across a Buyers telephony estate, to ensure consistent performance, resilience, and unified communication across your organisation. CALL-OFF START DATE: 1st February 2026 (2-month implementation), go-live 1st April 2026 OPS-41876 - SBCs & Associated SIP OPS-46733 - Data Track OPS-46639 - Mitel Subscription RM6116 for the provision of Network Services. Lot 4b Digital Communication Services (UC)
About the supplier
Opus Business Systems Limited t/a Opus Telecoms: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02695133).