Official UK procurement notice
RTBSS Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Lancaster City Council (Local council)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£420,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to RT Business System Solutions Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of technical support around Housing One Project
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 2 Apr 2026, 13:27 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2026, 13:27 BST
- Authority reference
DN812071- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030887- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067bd0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The supplier is an already providing support to the Housing Team
Changing supplier would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties.
Official guidance identifies that these “special case” grounds include situations where a change of supplier would cause major technical or operational issues, and where only the incumbent supplier can feasibly complete the work without unacceptable disruption.
In this case a new supplier/system would create unacceptable disruption, with the on boarding of a new system/supplier.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published2 Apr 2026, 13:27 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £420,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RT Business System Solutions Ltd1 May 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 | £420,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RT Business System Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender