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 · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Ridge & Partners LLP
- Value
- £532,800
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Construction consultancy services (CPV 71530000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 001674-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2025
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 100 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 Management / Contract Administration • Cost Management / Quantity Surveying • Architecture • MEP Consultant (RSP) • Structure & Civil (Campbell Reith) • BIM & Asite Management • Principal Designer
About the supplier
Ridge & Partners LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC309402).