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
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £148,500
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2025
- Published20 Mar 2025Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
Southwest Police Procurement Service provides procurement services to Avon and Somerset, Devon & Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucester and Wiltshire. The PCC for Gloucestershire has awarded a contract for Riven DocDefender via Softcat PLC. It was undertaken under the HTE ComIT3 Framework as a Direct Award. This framework includes a PCR15 compliant Further Competition option. This award notice is for information purposes only.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).