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
- Dundee and Angus College · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Block Automotive SME
- Value
- £240,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Specialist vehicles (CPV 34114000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 001830-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Dec 2025
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Non-competitive action due to absence of competition for technical reasons. Prior information notice (PIN), requesting any information regarding suppliers that could potentially meet the requirement identified no further suppliers.
About the supplier
Block Automotive: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10477002).