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
- Sefton Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- IESE Innovation Ltd SME
- Value
- £133,500
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Apr 2025
- Published22 May 2025Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award of a three-year contact to iESE Innovation Ltd for the purchasing of the CareCubed digital social care pricing system via G-Cloud 14's online catalogue. CareCubed is a tool to support open and transparent negotiation of costs for specialist care placements.
About the supplier
IESE Innovation Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08490888).