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
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- The Project Centre Ltd SME
- Value
- £115,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services (CPV 71000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 007941-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jan 2026
- Published29 Jan 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
The Council require delivery of detailed design work for the Essella Road Footbridge in preparation for construction, including: • a gap analysis of outstanding data; • investigations and information required; and • to provide a budget estimate for each stage. The Council are recommissioning design work via Lot 2 - Highways and Highways Structures of the Medway County Council's Civil & Structural Engineering Consultancy Services Framework
About the supplier
The Project Centre Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02625312).