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
- IBM United Kingdom Limited
- Value
- £214,078.50
- Procedure
- Other - Framework Direct Award
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Feb 2026
- Published16 Mar 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
Developing Co-Pilot prompts to enable IHT analysis
About the supplier
IBM United Kingdom Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00741598).