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
- 2Gether Support Solutions Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Hawthorn Engineering Ltd. SME
- Value
- £179,600
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 013852-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jan 2025
- Published16 Feb 2026Published 398 days after the contract date
Description
The contract relates to the provision of specialist consultancy services supporting Estates and Facilities process development. Services commenced on 14 January 2025 and continue until 31 March 2026. The work covers technical Estates advisory services, process mapping and operational improvement activities.
About the supplier
Hawthorn Engineering Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03328971).