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
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Brookdale Consulting SME
- Value
- £45,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Evaluation consultancy services (CPV 79419000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 031483-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Jun 2025
- Published11 Jun 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Shortlisted suppliers against RM6126 have been invited for this mini competition. We are seeking a supplier to carry out an impact evaluation of the AHDB Exports 2019 to 2024 programme. This should include process evaluation but also, crucially, quantify the levy payer benefits (outcomes and impacts) that can be directly attributed to AHDB, including any economic benefits (Return on Investment).
About the supplier
Brookdale Consulting: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07661093).