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
- London Borough of Camden · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Matrix SCM Ltd
- Value
- £143,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 003593-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Nov 2025
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 51 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award via a call-off after a procurement by a consortium of London boroughs (the London Collaboration Procurement) via a further competition under the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources 4 (MSTAR4) framework agreement. Additional information: The London Boroughs of Havering and Newham, via the OneSource service, led a collaborative procurement exercise which sought to aggregate spend across the 32 London Boroughs to enable better value for money. This exercise promoted consistency, efficiency and the sharing of best practice while providing streamlined access to pre-approved suppliers. Matrix SCM was selected as the highest scoring supplier for a Neutral Vendor solution through the London Collaboration Procurement process.
About the supplier
Matrix SCM Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02227962).