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
- Herefordshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Welfare Call (LAC) Limited
- Value
- £125,260
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Dec 2025
- Published13 Feb 2026Published 44 days after the contract date
Description
Commission of a cloud-based solution and associated services via G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14) Lot 2: Cloud software for electronic Personal Education Plans (ePEP), an Analytics Tool and attendance tracking for up to 350 children who are Looked After (CLA) every year.
About the supplier
Welfare Call (LAC) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06835794).