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
- London Borough of Hackney · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Big Blue Door SME
- Value
- £395,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Dec 2025
- Published20 Jan 2026Published 33 days after the contract date
Description
Agency support for replatforming the hackney.gov.uk corporate website onto a new, optimised Content Management System (LocalGov Drupal) to improve stability, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and flexibility.
About the supplier
Big Blue Door: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07958927).