Contract award · 27 Mar 2025

Safeguarding Requirement Contract Award Notice

Ministry of Defence awarded “Safeguarding Requirement Contract Award Notice” to Polaris Children's Services for £334k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careScotland

Value £334k

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£333,625
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date27 Mar 2025
  2. Published11 Apr 2025Published 15 days after the contract date

Description

Safeguarding Services for Afghan Resettlement Programme

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