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
- Essex County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £3,200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Travel management services (CPV 63516000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 036348-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2025
- Published1 Jul 2025Published 40 days after the contract date
Description
The supplier is to provide an online 'one stop shop' to enable individual employees to book and pay for: UK and international rail, sea crossing and air travel hotel accommodation, venue hire for conferences and events. Procured via CCS RM6342 Lot 1
About the supplier
Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00488182).