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
- Metropolitan Housing Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Diamond and Company (Scotland) Limited SME
- Value
- £568,250
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services (CPV 71000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 001862-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Oct 2025
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 70 days after the contract date
Description
A contract has been awarded for inspections and Fire Engineering advice to produce EWS1 and FRAEW documents.
About the supplier
Diamond and Company (Scotland) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC649205).