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
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Whistl SME
- Value
- £196,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Postal services (CPV 64110000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 036947-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2025
- Published23 Apr 2026Published 477 days after the contract date
Description
Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels
About the supplier
Whistl: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04261268).