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
- Great British Nuclear · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Pinsent Masons LLP
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal advisory services (CPV 79111000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 018185-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published30 Apr 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The contract was awarded following the direct award procedure via the CCS Legal Services Panel Framework RM6179, to support the requirement to have additional legal capacity in place by April 2025. A direct award is a compliant option under the Framework. Prospectuses were reviewed and the proposed supplier is experienced in the areas of support that are required.
About the supplier
Pinsent Masons LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC333653).