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
- Serious Fraud Office
- Supplier
- Lexisnexis Butterworths
- Value
- £14,072.76
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Subscription services (CPV 79980000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Aug 2026
- Published30 Sep 2026Published 55 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award based on existing supplier and service supplied. 3 year subscription to legal news and analysis service. Costs do not include VAT.
About the supplier
Lexisnexis Butterworths: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02746621).