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
- The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cycling Instructor Ltd SME
- Value
- £416,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Training services (CPV 80500000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 026117-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2025
- Published23 May 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Council has provided national standard accredited cycle training (Bikeability) to schools and to those who live, work or study in the borough continuously since 2006. The service has always been delivered by contractors as delivery by an in-house team would require significantly more management resources. The appointed Cycle Training provider is expected to handle bookings with schools and individuals, employment of staff, allocation of staff to bookings, quality control of delivery and staff accreditation within the Bikeability scheme structure.
About the supplier
Cycling Instructor Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05519848).