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
- Durham County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- FourNet (4Net) Technologies SME
- Value
- £368,471
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Data-processing machines (hardware) (CPV 30210000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Dec 2024
- Published31 Jan 2025Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
Our datacentre main switching that carries all Council data is end of life and out of support. We require completely new switching equipment. We have identified the equipment vendor and produced a design and bill of materials to maintain continuity with other infrastructure. Additional information: Originally this request was being progressed utilising the YPO Network Connectivity and Telecommunication Solutions - 976, Lot 2 Framework, however, YPO notified DCC that this framework had expired, and their replacement is not yet in place. They had not extended 976 to bridge the gap as assumed by the supplier and DCC due to the framework still being active on their webpage and the supplier still utilising the framework with other clients. A direct award option was the initial chosen RtM due to the existing infrastructure compatibility and continuity issues, but also due to urgency around avoiding impending price rises due to shipping cost increases which will be imposed following politica…
About the supplier
FourNet (4Net) Technologies: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05448638).