Contract award · 13 Jan 2026

Purchase of 11 narrow body refuse lorries

Dacorum Borough Council awarded “Purchase of 11 narrow body refuse lorries” to an unnamed supplier for £2.72m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionVehicles & transport equipmentEast of England

Value £2.72m
WinnerIndividual supplier

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Dacorum Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Individual supplier
Value
£2,718,865
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Vehicles & transport equipment · Refuse-collection vehicles (CPV 34144511)
Timeline
  1. Contract date13 Jan 2026
  2. Published5 Feb 2026Published 23 days after the contract date

Description

Purchase of 11x narrow body single back refuse collection vehicles awarded via the TPPL Framework.

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