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
- Swale Borough Council · Regional or local agency/office
- Value
- £295,733
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Recreational, cultural and sporting services (CPV 92000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 014371-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Apr 2025
- Published10 Apr 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice. Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice: The services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical and the level of service is believed to only be delivered by the organisation stated.
About the supplier
Royal National Lifeboat Institution: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000503).