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
- Wythenshawe Community Housing Group · Housing Association
- Supplier
- Bell Group Ltd
- Value
- £839,033.95
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Painting work (CPV 45442100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 026690-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Mini competition undertaken via EEM Framework (efficiency east midlands) under a quality and price assessment
About the supplier
Bell Group Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC114142).