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
- Mining Remediation Authority · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Geldards LLP
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal advisory services (CPV 79111000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 035907-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Apr 2026
- Published21 Apr 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Services to cover required specialisms including but not limited to: · Commercial matters: procurement advice, advice in relation to conditions of contract, disputes arising out of contracts, contract management questions. · Litigation: subsidence claims, lands tribunal cases, common law litigation, personal injury, judicial review challenges · Property matters: sales of surplus property, acquisitions for mine water treatment schemes, leases for boreholes, release of restrictive covenants, clawback · Advice in relation to Freedom of Information requests, Environmental Information Regulations · External enquiries received from members of the public on title/property matters Advice on property matters/commercial · Data Licensing · HR advice · Other legal matters as required
About the supplier
Geldards LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC313172).