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
- Value
- £14,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction materials · Construction materials (CPV 44110000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 028541-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Nov 2025
- Published27 Mar 2026Published 137 days after the contract date
Description
Contract awarded for a Builders Merchants to supply goods, hire equipment and materials for Housing Repair Contracts (Day to Day Repairs, Voids, Kitchen and Bathrooms and External decorations and communal areas), PPE for all of Housing Repairs and Property Services and for Drainage and Highways. The contract will also include for the supply of hire equipment, goods and materials for Drainage and Highways.
About the supplier
Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00733503).