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
- Northumberland County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Access Paysuite Limited
- Value
- £15,750
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2025
- Published13 Aug 2025Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
Telephone card payment solution to allow customers to be able to key card payments, upgrading the system, to continue to allow vulnerable customers to be able to access payment system.
About the supplier
Access Paysuite Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04595169).