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
- Public Health England · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £785,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 003510-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jan 2020
- Published22 Feb 2021Published 396 days after the contract date
Description
The requirement is for the provision of temporary staff to assist in the Government's response to the Covid pandemic. The contract was required from 28 January 2020 and will continue to be required until 31 March 2021.
About the supplier
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00975677).