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
- West Northamptonshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- boxxe Limited
- Value
- £266,017
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Network infrastructure (CPV 32424000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
6 month support for existing Palo Alto hardware from 14/03/26 - 03/10/26 Palo Alto PA-3420 firewall hardware refresh for 60 month term
About the supplier
boxxe Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02109168).