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
- Scottish Water
- Value
- £15,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Mining & metals · Steel (CPV 14622000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 021969-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Feb 2026
- Published11 Mar 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
evoked Regs 48 under the Utility Regs 2016 -direct negotiation
About the supplier
ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions UK: every public contract they have won.