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
- Supplier
- RPS Switchgear Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,094,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Electrical equipment & lighting · Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (CPV 31210000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 009378-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Feb 2025
- Published14 Mar 2025Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
Award of supply and installation of Non-SF6 Indoor 11/6.6kV Retro-Fit Circuit Breakers and as associated under a Direct Award. Additional information: In order to maintain existing operations in respect of the existing equipment which the manufacturer is required to complete, a competitive procurement exercise to source this application from another vendor is not possible as no other vendor is available.
About the supplier
RPS Switchgear Ltd: every public contract they have won.