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
- UK Research & Innovation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Design Council SME
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Printed matter · Designs (CPV 22314000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 007079-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Sep 2023
- Published5 Mar 2024Published 165 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement involved UKRI-3345 Provision of Design Support Services. Additional information: a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=842456112" target="_blank"https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=842456112/a
About the supplier
Design Council: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07211046).