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
- East Lothian Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- MHR
- Value
- £646,609
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Personnel and payroll services (CPV 79631000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 017933-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Mar 2025
- Published30 Apr 2025Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency(VEAT) notice. East Lothian Council intends to award of contract for it's HR and Payroll System to MHR International for 5 years.
About the supplier
MHR: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01852206).