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
- Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig
- Supplier
- Whale Tankers Ltd
- Value
- £8,400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Tanker trailers (CPV 34223340)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 014916-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Dec 2024
- Published14 Apr 2025Published 133 days after the contract date
Description
DCC requires the fabrication of approximately Five 1800 gallon jet / vacuum tanker bodies, Seven 3000 gallon vacuum tanker bodies, Ten 4000 gallon tanker bodies, Four 6000 gallon trailer tanker bodies, Two Potable Water Tankers 6x4 - 26 tonne - 3000 and Six Potable Water Tankers 8x4 - 32 tonne - 4000 gallons
About the supplier
Whale Tankers Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04251423).