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
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
- Value
- £60,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 026704-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
Under section 5B of the Academies Act 2010 (as amended), Liverpool City Council has a statutory duty to take all reasonable steps to facilitate school academisation. This requires the Council to assist with the granting of land interests, typically via a lease, and the transfer of school assets, contracts, and staff.
About the supplier
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC317661).