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
- Northamptonshire Children's Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Impower Consulting Limited SME
- Value
- £834,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · General management consultancy services (CPV 79411000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 022283-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2025
- Published16 May 2025Published 76 days after the contract date
Description
To provide consultancy support to Northamptonshire Children's Trust (NCT) to improve outcomes for children in care. This service is a Call-Off from ESPO Framework 664-21 Consultancy Services, awarded directly to ensure best value for money through prior diagnostics. This consultancy service aims to improve outcomes for children in care through various strategic and operational enhancements.
About the supplier
Impower Consulting Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03876501).