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
- UK Research & Innovation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- DLA Piper LLP
- Value
- £20,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 030544-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 May 2025
- Published6 Jun 2025Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
Legal services for mobility. Additional information: Procurement Contract Transparency Data: Redacted contract documents will be made available within the next 30 days on the UKRI website at: Procurement contract (transparency) data – UKRI
About the supplier
DLA Piper LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC307847).