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
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Montagu Evans LLP
- Value
- £36,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Tax consultancy services (CPV 79221000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 015008-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Feb 2026
- Published18 Feb 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Call-off under Crown Commercial Service Framework RM6343 (Estate Management Services 2), Lot 6 – Business Rating Services, for the provision of:<br/><br/>Business rates strategy and advisory services<br/><br/>Check, Challenge and Appeal (CCA) submissions<br/><br/>Budgeting and forecasting support<br/><br/>Estate change and mitigation advice<br/><br/>Rates management and liaison with the Valuation Office Agency<br/><br/>The contract includes a fixed annual fee and gainshare arrangement linked to realised savings.
About the supplier
Montagu Evans LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC312072).