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
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
- Value
- £528,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial consultancy services (CPV 66171000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 035929-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Mar 2026
- Published21 Apr 2026Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
Kent County Council has awarded a contract for CN260709 - Local Government Reorganisation Preparedness. The contract is let in accordance with Lot 2 of the London Borough of Barnet framework for Cross Council Assurance Service (CCAS).
About the supplier
Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC303525).