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
- University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Ridge & Partners LLP
- Value
- £444,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Construction consultancy services (CPV 71530000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 026876-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
The Supplier has been appointed under the NHS SBS Healthcare Planning, Construction, Consultancy, and Ancillary Services Framework agreement under Lot 1 Architectural Services to provide the following services: • Project Management / Contract Administration • Cost Management / Quantity Surveying • Architecture • MEP Consultant (RSP) • Structure & Civil (Campbell Reith) • BIM & Asite Management • Principal Designer
About the supplier
Ridge & Partners LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC309402).