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
- Nottinghamshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cutter Group SME
- Value
- £42,900
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Aug 2026
- Published11 Aug 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Implementation of the Huntress SIEM and SOC on the Rushcliffe Borough Council network to improve cyber security - direct award
About the supplier
Cutter Group: every public contract they have won.