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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- SFJ Awards Ltd
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Training programme services (CPV 80521000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 014474-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published17 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
End Point Assessment for Apprenticeships
About the supplier
SFJ Awards Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06926458).