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
- Wolverhampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Microsoft limited
- Value
- £800,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Apr 2026
- Published26 Aug 2026Published 119 days after the contract date
Description
Wolverhampton City Council has awarded a contract using the Crown Commercial Services framework, G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14) for Microsoft Unified Support to Microsoft Limited
About the supplier
Microsoft limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01624297).