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
- Reading Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Rubax Lifts Limited SME
- Value
- £1,250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Lift-maintenance services (CPV 50750000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 028516-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 May 2024
- Published27 Mar 2026Published 665 days after the contract date
Description
Delivery of planned and reactive lift maintenance in residential properties owned and managed by the Authority
About the supplier
Rubax Lifts Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01509899).