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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- RAND Europe SME
- Value
- £282,178.64
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Business services · Market-testing services (CPV 79312000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 002241-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jan 2024
- Published23 Jan 2024Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
The need for the RAND Study arose as there is a need to Commission of a research study to better understand the skills implications of different scenarios related to Tempest and GCAP. This study will cover challenges and opportunities for development, growth and sustainment of combat air skills across UK Defence. It will build on a study commissioned in 2018 but is now deemed outdated and unreliable to inform FCAS policy and direction. This Tender has been awarded via the ASTRID Framework.
About the supplier
RAND Europe: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02728021).