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
- Orbit Group Limited · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £225,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 029381-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published31 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct award to Toshiba via PFH - Business Solutions Framework
About the supplier
Toshiba Tec UK Imaging Systems Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04124726).