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
- Teignbridge District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial and insurance services (CPV 66000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 002018-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2024
- Published21 Jan 2025Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
The Contract allowed for the original term of 3 years to be extended for up to 2 periods of 2 years. The Councils have exercised the full extent of the options available under the Contract for extending the term. The Councils however need to secure insurance cover from April 2025 and are not in a position to undertake a full procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This VEAT notice explains that the Councils intend to extend the Contract for a further period of 12 months without publishing a contract notice to enable a legally compliant procurement to be undertaken. The Councils consider that the extension does not extend the scope of contract considerably and is not a substantial modification within the meaning of Regulation 72(8), so is permitted under Regulation 72(1)(e) of the 2015 Regulations. Insurance Services for Teignbridge District Council, South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council. The insurance services cover: Waste and recycli…
About the supplier
Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd: every public contract they have won.