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
- DFT Operator Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 010799-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jan 2026
- Published6 Feb 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award via CCS framework RM6204 for the provision of rail legal services.
About the supplier
Addleshaw Goddard LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC318149).