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
- South Tyneside Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Rothwell Plumbing Services Group Ltd SME
- Value
- £425,490
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Solar panel roof-covering work (CPV 45261215)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 021387-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Feb 2026
- Published10 Mar 2026Published 32 days after the contract date
Description
Installation of a 500kW roof top solar array on the depot roof at Middlefields, South Shields. Additional information: Although it was awarded on price only there were 4 Pass/Fail criteria to be satisfied: 5.1 Demonstrate and provide assurances of no Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking in the supply chain 5.2 Full proposals to meet the requirements 5.3 Calculations of the energy and carbon savings 5.4 Confirmation of ability to meet programme dates
About the supplier
Rothwell Plumbing Services Group Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03382494).