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
- Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- MSA Safety Limited
- Value
- £1,079,959.32
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Breathing apparatus for firefighting (CPV 35111100)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 034712-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Apr 2023
- Published23 Nov 2023Published 218 days after the contract date
Description
Breathing apparatus, telemetry units and cylinders
About the supplier
MSA Safety Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company BR017948).