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
- Lancashire Combined Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Standard Fuels Oils
- Value
- £416,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (CPV 09000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 029221-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Mar 2026
- Published30 Mar 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of bulk fuel to 6 LFRS sites
About the supplier
Standard Fuels Oils: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07555993).