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
- Birmingham City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Capita Business Services ltd
- Value
- £1,220,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services (CPV 79900000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 010003-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2026
- Published4 Feb 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The printing, collation and despatch of documentation and letters from critical applications such as Finance, Payroll, Housing, Council Tax and Revenue and Benefits systems. This is a call off under Commercial Services the trading function of Kent County Council FRAMEWORK Y20023
About the supplier
Capita Business Services ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02299747).