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
- Somerford Associates Limited
- Value
- £66,587.64
- Procedure
- Other - Direct award via G cloud RM1557.14 Lot 2 cloud software
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Operating systems (CPV 48620000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jan 2026
- Published3 Feb 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Crown Commercial Service utilises a Splunk Cloud SIEM service. This software is deployed in a SaaS format. The current license should be renewed in its current form
About the supplier
Somerford Associates Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04250112).