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
- Transport for the North · Sub National Transport Body
- Supplier
- Mace
- Value
- £5,653,907.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis (CPV 71241000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 003406-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2020
- Published20 Feb 2021Published 295 days after the contract date
Description
Transport for the North is placing this transparency notice to inform economic operators of its intention to modify its existing Programme Support Office contract with Mace, in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). The Programme Support Office contract provides Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial Management services for Transport for the North’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme. The modification will increase the value of the Programme Support Office contract value from £4,620,000 to £5,653,907.50. Additional information: Transport for the North intends to commence a procurement in 2022 for a replacement Programme Support Office contract.
About the supplier
Mace: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02410626).