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
- The Insolvency Service · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- IBM United Kingdom Limited
- Value
- £30,673.44
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Oct 2025
- Published24 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
This is a Contract Award Notice. The provision is for IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment x840 Processor Value Unit (PVU) Annual Subscription & Support The contract is awarded for an initial period of 6 months.
About the supplier
IBM United Kingdom Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00741598).