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
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Volvo Group UK Ltd
- Value
- £1,424,698.70
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Gritter vehicles (CPV 34144440)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 026596-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Supply and delivery of 9 x gritters from TPPL Framework Lot 1 HGV & Specialist Vehicles in collaboration with NEPO
About the supplier
Volvo Group UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02190944).