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
- Middlesbrough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Thompson Commercials Limited SME
- Value
- £270,620
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Motor vehicles (CPV 34100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 034548-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Mar 2026
- Published16 Apr 2026Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of 7 LGVs via TPPL Framework - Cars, Light and Medium Commercial Vehicles - LOT 2
About the supplier
Thompson Commercials Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00532879).