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
- Money and Pensions Service · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Sign Solutions SME
- Value
- £120,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Translation services (CPV 79530000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 031034-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Feb 2026
- Published2 Apr 2026Published 52 days after the contract date
Description
Live British Sign Language Interpretation. Additional information: Price per quality point used
About the supplier
Sign Solutions: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04802772).