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
- Cheshire West & Chester Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Penna Plc SME
- Value
- £230,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 036175-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published21 Apr 2026Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
the recruitment of an Interim Director of Transport for Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority using ESPO Framework -ESPO Framework Reference 3S-22 Strategic HR Services
About the supplier
Penna Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01918150).