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
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Trutex
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Clothing & footwear · Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories (CPV 18100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 029291-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published30 Mar 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of uniform for Outwood Grange Academy Trust staff and students
About the supplier
Trutex: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07132787).