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
- Orbit Group Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SGS United kingdom Limited
- Value
- £230,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Asbestos removal services (CPV 90650000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 005858-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jan 2026
- Published22 Jan 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award to incumbent supplier via Asbestos & Removals Framework (EEM0024) from Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM). This approach will minimise disruption, avoid any mobilisation costs associated with onboarding a new provider and enable the long-term Asbestos strategy to be realised during the lifetime of the new Agreement
About the supplier
SGS United kingdom Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01193985).