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
- South Tyneside Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Language Empire Limited SME
- Value
- £280,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Translation services (CPV 79530000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 016935-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Feb 2026
- Published25 Feb 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
Call off from NEPO512 - Translation and Interpreting framework
About the supplier
Language Empire Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05535464).