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
- Derbyshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bibliotheca Ltd
- Value
- £150,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- IT services · Software maintenance and repair services (CPV 72267000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Aug 2026
- Published4 Sep 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of Support and Maintenance provision for existing Library Self-Service kiosks and associated software Call-off (Direct Award) from ESPO Library Hardware Solutions (350_23), Lot 1 - Library RFID Solutions
About the supplier
Bibliotheca Ltd: every public contract they have won.