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
- Cardiff University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Symmons Madge Associates LLP SME
- Value
- £240,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Industrial and technical training services (CPV 80531000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 012571-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Feb 2023
- Published2 May 2023Published 88 days after the contract date
Description
The service provided is: -Supporting the School of Engineering with preparing 2nd Year Engineering Students for a year in industry for those that wish to take the opportunity. --Identifying suitable placements by leveraging industry contacts to meet the students’ requirements i.e., relevant engineering disciplines (Mechanical, Medical, Civil, Electrical and Electronics Engineering). --Supporting the student in the placement (including visiting the student in the workplace), this ensures the student is benefitting from the placement and is given good opportunities to develop the required professional training objectives. --Providing the first-assessment and feedback on student submission post-placement (portfolio and presentation).
About the supplier
Symmons Madge Associates LLP: every public contract they have won.