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
- Blackpool Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Coating Services Limited SME
- Value
- £577,010.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Road bridge construction work (CPV 45221111)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 033589-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2026
- Published14 Apr 2026Published 47 days after the contract date
Description
Blackpool Council is seeking to commission bridge and highway structures contractor services. The services are being procured under the contract t&cs set out in the Bolton Council 2024/28 Highways Framework Contract. All four suppliers listed in Lot 4 (Bridges and Highway Structures Improvement and Maintenance Works up to £3.0m) are invited to bid for these works.
About the supplier
Coating Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03852483).