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
- DFT Operator Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd
- Value
- £44,430
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Benefit services (CPV 75310000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 016003-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Feb 2026
- Published23 Feb 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Employee benefits services for DFTO central employees
About the supplier
Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05696250).