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
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £51,340
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Mar 2026
- Published1 May 2026Published 58 days after the contract date
Description
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), in partnership with the Greater London Authority (GLA), is delivering a strategic Digital Planning project. The contract is aimed to feed planning application data into the data hub at from the start of the planning application process.
About the supplier
TerraQuest Solutions Limited (Planning Portal Limited): every public contract they have won.