Who Won It

Contract award · 16 Apr 2025

C3997

Cabinet Office awarded a telecoms equipment contract to News First Limited for £37,500 on 16 Apr 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTelecoms equipmentLondon

BuyerCabinet Office
Value £37,500
WinnerNews First Limited

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Cabinet Office · National or federal agency/office
Supplier
News First Limited
Value
£37,500
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
Sector
Telecoms equipment · Multimedia networks (CPV 32417000)
Region
London
Official notice
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Timeline
  1. Contract date16 Apr 2025
  2. Published6 May 2025Published 20 days after the contract date

Description

The provision of daily media intelligence reports providing analysis of global coverage from various international sources in multiple languages.

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
22 Jan 2025
News First Limited £39,000

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