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
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service · Blue Light Service
- Supplier
- Geldards LLP
- Value
- £105,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 015096-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Feb 2026
- Published19 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
Mini competition carried out via the KCS framework Y21012 - Legal Services.
About the supplier
Geldards LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC313172).