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
- Fuel Bank Foundation
- Value
- £698,150
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 010698-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Feb 2025
- Published21 Mar 2025Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
A contract has been awarded to the FBF who has delivered support since 2015, however our network of partners significantly increased from 2022, with support from Northern Gas Networks via the VCMA Programme enabling the charity to expand to meet some of the increased demand we saw following the COVID pandemic, and then the cost-of-living crisis. This funding removed some of the barriers to expansion where previously our network shape and the support we could provide was constrained by the funding we had available.Given that our Fuel Bank infrastructure is already in place, that we have already tested and proven the provision of support to households across the country, and the short time required to launch new Fuel Bank centres we have the potential to expand with a further 75 partners over the colder winter months and providing longer-term surety as we move into 2024. In peak winter 2023-24 we forecast average monthly prepayment meter top up will approach £300, a 74% increase on the …
About the supplier
Fuel Bank Foundation: every public contract they have won.