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
- Intellectual Property Office · National or federal agency/office
- Value
- £71,120
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · IT software package (CPV 48517000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Dec 2024
- Published7 Feb 2025Published 38 days after the contract date
Description
Year 1: • 7 PatentSight licenses • January 1st, 2025 - December 31st, 2025 Year 2: • 7 PatentSight licenses • January 1st, 2026 - December 31st, 2026
About the supplier
RELX (UK) Limited (T/A LexisNexis): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02746621).