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
- Chelmsford City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial and insurance services (CPV 66000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 021017-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Dec 2025
- Published9 Mar 2026Published 87 days after the contract date
Description
Provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period of 4 years. This includes the financial years of: 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. Awarded this via mini-competition using Lot 2 of the CCS RM6310 framework.
About the supplier
Grant Thornton UK LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC307742).