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
- LTE Group · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SYSCO GB Ltd (t/a Brakes)
- Value
- £240,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Food & drink · Meat (CPV 15110000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 000272-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Dec 2025
- Published5 Jan 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Supply and Distribution of Frozen/fresh butchered meats on behalf of Catering Services and Novus (Education in Prisons). The supplier will be instrumental in creating a strategic alliance with LTE Group for the provision of the training environment and working canteen.
About the supplier
SYSCO GB Ltd (t/a Brakes): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02035315).