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
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Frontier Economics Limited
- Value
- £208,252
- 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
- South West
- Official notice
- 013575-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Feb 2026
- Published13 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
United Kingdom Research and Innovation are procuring an Business Growth Full Evaluation Service for the period April 2022 - March 2025. This call off contract has been sourced via a further competitions using the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) RM6126 Research and Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
About the supplier
Frontier Economics Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03752719).