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
- Stockton on Tees Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Core Highways (Regions) Ltd
- Value
- £420,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Traffic control services (CPV 63712700)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 000361-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Nov 2025
- Published5 Jan 2026Published 55 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award Flexible from NEPO225 - Provision of Traffic Management Services Lot 3 - Tees Valley for Traffic Management - Street Works.
About the supplier
Core Highways (Regions) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04410775).