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
- Southborough Church of England Primary School · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kent Gurkha Company Ltd SME
- Value
- £212,520
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · School cleaning services (CPV 90919300)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 026470-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Southborough CE Primary school has awarded a direct award contract for cleaning services with a justification of extreme urgency.
About the supplier
Kent Gurkha Company Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05797901).