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
- The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Skellon Superfold Limited T/A Skellon Studio SME
- Value
- £76,980
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Interpretation services (CPV 79540000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 029300-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2026
- Published30 Mar 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Call of from the framework agreement, RBGKEW1332 - Interpretation Services - Framework Agreement / Carbon Garden.
About the supplier
Skellon Superfold Limited T/A Skellon Studio: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09289871).