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
- Shetland Islands Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau SME
- Value
- £472,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 022211-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published12 Mar 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award to the only service provider under Regulation 33 of the PCSR 2015
About the supplier
Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau: every public contract they have won.