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
- Durham County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Baxter Storey
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services (CPV 55520000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 005601-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2025
- Published18 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review. Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 2026.
About the supplier
Baxter Storey: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01962583).