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
- Gateshead Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cool Breeze FM Limited SME
- Value
- £25,750
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of building installations (CPV 50700000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 016549-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2026
- Published24 Feb 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Gateshead Council has a requirement for Servicing, Maintenance, and Repair of Air Conditioning Units to be undertaken in various Establishments across the Borough of Gateshead. The contract will include reactive maintenance (call out) facility as well as servicing. It will be 24 months, commencing 1st April 2026, with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods.
About the supplier
Cool Breeze FM Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06288006).