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    "name": "GATESHEAD COUNCIL: contracts awarded without a rival",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/b/gateshead-council/",
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      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 34,
        "unit": "count"
      },
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        "label": "of its awards",
        "value": 8,
        "unit": "percent",
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        "label": "suppliers",
        "value": 32,
        "unit": "count"
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        "label": "single bid",
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    "text": [
      "GATESHEAD COUNCIL made 34 of its 441 public contract awards without a rival from 2017-01-20 to 2024-11-07: 27 without a competition and 7 after a competition that drew a single bid, to 32 suppliers; the most to Leamside Estates Limited, 2."
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          "Date": "2024-11-07",
          "Supplier": "Metastreet ocds-b5fd17-2bd82b77-670a-40d5-a147-a2ff49baf0fb-1",
          "Supplier link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/metastreet-ltd/",
          "How": "No competition Other - Direct award through Framework",
          "Stated reason": "—"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-10-25",
          "Supplier": "Unit4 Business Software Ltd 034679-2024-1",
          "Supplier link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/unit4-business-software-ltd/",
          "How": "No competition",
          "Stated reason": "—"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-05-30",
          "Supplier": "Languard Limited 016912-2024-1",
          "Supplier link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/languard-limited/",
          "How": "Single bid Open procedure",
          "Stated reason": "—"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-04-24",
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          "Supplier link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/open-systems-lab/",
          "How": "No competition Other - Direct Award via G-Cloud",
          "Stated reason": "—"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-04-16",
          "Supplier": "Nimble Group IT Ltd 012308-2024-DN697784-1",
          "Supplier link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/nimble-group-it-trading-as-ng-it-ltd/",
          "How": "Single bid Open procedure",
          "Stated reason": "—"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-02-29",
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          "Supplier link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/vision-techniques/",
          "How": "No competition Other - Direct Award",
          "Stated reason": "—"
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        "name": "all of United Kingdom",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/"
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        "name": "Leamside Estates Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/leamside-estates-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Industrial and Financial Systems, IFS UK Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/industrial-and-financial-systems-ifs-uk-limited/"
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      {
        "name": "Energy and Compliance Technology Limited (trading as C365Cloud)",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/energy-and-compliance-technology-limited-trading-as-c365cloud/"
      },
      {
        "name": "HAS Technology Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/has-technology-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "HAS Technology Limited in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/has-technology-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Stainton lighting design",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/stainton-lighting-design/"
      },
      {
        "name": "CAMPBELL TICKELL LTD",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/campbell-tickell-ltd/"
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      {
        "name": "AGILE APPLICATIONS LTD",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/agile-applications-limited/"
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      {
        "name": "Vision Techniques",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/vision-techniques/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Vision Techniques in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/vision-techniques/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Metastreet",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/metastreet-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "CORVID PAYGATE LIMITED",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/corvid-paygate-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Open Systems Lab",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/open-systems-lab/"
      },
      {
        "name": "The Compliance Workbook",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/the-compliance-workbook-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "AUTOCLOCK SYSTEMS LIMITED",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/autoclock-systems-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "AUTOCLOCK SYSTEMS LIMITED in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/autoclock-systems-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "UMi Commercial Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/umi-commercial-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "UMi Commercial Limited in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/umi-commercial-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "The Riot Act Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/the-riot-act-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Highlander Computing Solutions Ltd",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/highlander-computing-solutions-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Conduent Public Sector UK Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/conduent-public-sector-uk-limited/"
      },
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        "name": "Conduent Public Sector UK Limited in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/conduent-public-sector-uk-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/cumbria-northumberland-tyne-and-wear-nhs-foundation-trust/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/cumbria-northumberland-tyne-and-wear-nhs-foundation-trust/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Datatank Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/datatank-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Datatank Limited in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/datatank-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/dawsongroup-environmental-municipal-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Idox Software Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/idox-software-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Inform CPI Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/inform-cpi-limited/"
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      {
        "name": "Languard Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/languard-limited/"
      },
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        "name": "Languard Limited in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/languard-limited/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Medicals Plus Ltd",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/medicals-plus-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Medicals Plus Ltd in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/medicals-plus-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Nimble Group IT Ltd",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/nimble-group-it-trading-as-ng-it-ltd/"
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      {
        "name": "Paygate Solutions Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/paygate-solutions-limited/"
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        "name": "Paygate Solutions Limited in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/paygate-solutions-limited/"
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        "name": "Re-Gen Waste Limited",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/re-gen-waste/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Risk Management Partners Ltd",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/risk-management-partners-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Riverdale Paper PLC",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/riverdale-paper-plc/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Riverdale Paper PLC in the register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/riverdale-paper-plc/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Tarmac Trading Ltd",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/tarmac-trading-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Unit4 Business Software Ltd",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/unit4-business-software-ltd/"
      },
      {
        "name": "WILMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LTD",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/s/wilmott-dixon-construction-limited/"
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      {
        "name": "All countries",
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"GATESHEAD COUNCIL: contracts awarded without a rival\", https://assay-systems.com/register/uk/uncontested/b/gateshead-council/"
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