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
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Limited SME
- Value
- £1,824,584.94
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Apr 2026
- Published1 May 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Microsoft Enterprise and M365 licences which support the current Electronic Document and Records Management system (EDRMS), Intranet site, M365 applications, Teams telephony and provide underpinning security on endpoint devices (laptops, corporate mobile phones and those under BYOD) as well as security and compliance packages (SCP).
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).