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
- University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ridge and Partners LLP
- Value
- £39,199
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Construction consultancy services (CPV 71530000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 000899-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published7 Jan 2026Published 190 days after the contract date
Description
The Supplier has been appointed under the NHS SBS Healthcare Planning,Construction Consultancy, and Ancillary Services Framework Agreement under Lot7 Multidisciplinary Services to provide the following Services: • Project and cost management for the development of the Student Hub Event Space including the bar and kitchen - to provide a robust ER document and layouts • RIBA Stage 2/3 Design for the Student Hub Event Space (Third Space), forming part of the Stage 3 information on the Student Hub project • Deliver coordinated Stage 3 drawings: GA plans/sections/elevations; services layouts; reflected ceiling plans; setting-out; room data sheets; performance specifications and visualisations.
About the supplier
Ridge and Partners LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC309402).