Crown Support and Maintenance
Awarded to Softcat PLC
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria(buyer)
- Published
- Published 27 June 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
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Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Contract signed
- Category
- Services
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Rules
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- Published
- 27 June 2025
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £179,937
- Award date
- 19 June 2025
- Bids received
- 1
- Softcat PLC
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Softcat PLC
- Based in
- Marlow
- Public contracts won
- 1,674
- Across UK and EU notices
3 other contracts from The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria since 2025, worth £372,893.
Competition and scoring
Bids received
1
Open and restricted tenders in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support drew a median of 3 bids over the last 24 months; 32% received only one.
How bids were scored
Price 100% · Quality 0%
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Market context
Typical award in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£132,000
Median of 13,238 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 36% above the median.
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria in the last 12 months
26
contracts awarded, worth £224,532,185 in total
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Notice history
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Contract
27 June 2025
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