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
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Diesel fuel (CPV 09134200)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 026813-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
**CONTRACT AWARD**<br/><br/>The Trust has recently awarded a contract against the BlueLight Commercial (BLC) Framework for the Provision of Fuel Cards and Associated Services (Ref: BLC-FLEET-0119) for a 2 year contract period from 21 March 2026 to 22 March 2028<br/><br/>The underlying Bluelight Commercial (BLC) Framework for the Provision of Fuel Cards for Emergency Service Vehicles was undertaken as a further competition utilising the already established RM6186 Crown Commercial Services Fuel Card Framework. Whilst predominately for use by the Emergency services, the Trust is named as an entity on the BLC Framework.
About the supplier
Allstar Business Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02631112).