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
- Middlesbrough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cromwell Polythene Ltd SME
- Value
- £125,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Textiles, plastics & rubber · Polythene waste and refuse sacks and bags (CPV 19640000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 015844-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2026
- Published20 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct Award via ESPO Framework Reference Number 860_26 Lot 10 Supply of Plastic Refuse Sacks.
About the supplier
Cromwell Polythene Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02230104).