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
- Northumberland County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Capita Business Services ltd
- Value
- £346,450.39
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Business transaction and personal business software package (CPV 48400000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Oct 2025
- Published27 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
This is a requirement for the Card Processing charges for NCC and this contract is to run alongside the current Pay360 contract for the payment suite.
About the supplier
Capita Business Services ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02299747).