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
- Huntingdonshire District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Trowers & Hamlins LLP
- Value
- £78,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 016024-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Feb 2026
- Published23 Feb 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
Specialist legal support providing: i) Rapid responses on legal queries to support the discharge of Monitoring Officer functions. ii) Specialist advice on complex matters and constitutional review.
About the supplier
Trowers & Hamlins LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC337852).