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
- Ford Motor Company Limited
- Value
- £1,137,985.61
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Specialist vehicles (CPV 34114000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 015022-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published19 Feb 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award of 17 USAR Search Dog Vans under CCS Framework RM6244 for the provision of Purchase of Standard and Specialist Vehicles - Lot 2.
About the supplier
Ford Motor Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00235446).