Official UK procurement notice
58500.99 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£58,501published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Apr 2023no call for competition
Awarded to The Press Association Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement description58500.99
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Press Association's Newswire service for the Directorate of Defence CommunicationsAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 May 2023, 16:35 BST
- Last source update
- 24 May 2023, 16:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-014843- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cf2dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Press Association own the Newswire Software and therefore are the only providers.
Publisher note: 58500.99
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £58,5011 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Apr 2023
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Press Association LimitedPress Association - Newswire | £58,501 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Press Association - Newswire · The Press Association Limited
- Signed
- 26 Apr 2023
- Value
- £58,501
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Helen Murray-WebsterReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Press Association LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.