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
- Reach2 Academy Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Hertfordshire Catering Limited SME
- Value
- £16,903,266
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Cleaning and sanitation services (CPV 90900000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 033465-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published13 Apr 2026Published 25 days after the contract date
Description
Catering Services
About the supplier
Hertfordshire Catering Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08409608).