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
- Sandwell College · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Speller Metcalfe Limited SME
- Value
- £7,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 020382-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Mar 2025
- Published12 May 2025Published 66 days after the contract date
Description
Pagabo framework
About the supplier
Speller Metcalfe Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06740881).