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
- Defra · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £67,881.72
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2025
- Published28 Apr 2025Published 53 days after the contract date
Description
Continuation of Dataset maintenance for National River Flow Archive. Due to the Supplier's work in this area and the nature of this work being below the PCR 2015 threshold for competitive procurement, this contract has been awarded to continue services for one year while other procurement options are considered.
About the supplier
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Ukceh: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11314957).