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
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Scottish Water Business Stream
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public utilities · Water distribution and related services (CPV 65100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 035129-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2025
- Published25 Jun 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Crown Commercial Service ("CCS"), acting on behalf of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority"), conducted a further competition under the CCS Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services 3 – RM6306, Lot 3 framework agreement.<br/><br/>The procurement covered the provision of water and wastewater retail services, as well as a range of ancillary services including leak detection, metering, and water efficiency surveys.<br/><br/>This approach followed the Authority’s established procurement route for these services via CCS frameworks.
About the supplier
Scottish Water Business Stream: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC294924).