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
- New College Durham · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Meldrum Construction Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,628,098.56
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 012506-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Feb 2026
- Published11 Feb 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
Refurbishment of industrial warehouse into an interactive learning space for students of New College Durham.
About the supplier
Meldrum Construction Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04250084).