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
- London & Quadrant Housing Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- BOARD M.I.T. Limited SME
- Value
- £66,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Financial systems software package (CPV 48442000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Dec 2024
- Published24 Jan 2025Published 43 days after the contract date
Description
This was a Direct Award. Compliant under the government Guidance for Direct Award: Guidance: Direct Award (HTML) - GOV.UK. Point 27 applies to this direct award: "27. Any incompatibility between existing systems/equipment and new goods, services or works could also result in time consuming and complex redesign and modification which could be unacceptable in the circumstances, for example, resulting in significant cost and/or delay to an important service."
About the supplier
BOARD M.I.T. Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03199408).