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
- Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Stir Food
- Value
- £13,308,026
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Cleaning and sanitation services (CPV 90900000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 017612-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2026
- Published26 Feb 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Catering Services for Trust. This procurement for Catering Services is for 12 schools spanning ages 4-16 across the Essex area.
About the supplier
Stir Food: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13570876).