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
- 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)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 010666-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Jan 2026
- 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.