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
- University Of Bedfordshire · University
- Supplier
- Diversity Travel Limited SME
- Value
- £315,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services (CPV 63500000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 014538-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2025
- Published11 Apr 2025Published 58 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Travel Management Services to the University
About the supplier
Diversity Travel Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05993481).