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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Tersus Consultancy Limited
- Value
- £7,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services (CPV 71600000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 037309-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published4 Jul 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Mini Competition completed under Procurement for Housing Framework Compliance South East Lot 1A The primary objective of this contract is to provide Asbestos Surveying and Analysis Services with a call-off contract to procure services. In summary, the main objectives of this contract are: 1. To provide accurate information concerning the presence of ACMs and presumed ACMs; 2. To provide an output such that the Employer meets its legal duties regarding asbestos in its Corporate and Residential properties. The Contractor should have regard to, and follow the recommendations of all existing and proposed legislation, British and European Standards, Approved Codes of Practice, Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Publications and Guidance Notes and established good practice; 3. To undertake a risk management assessment of all ACMs found (material and priority assessment), to determine the overall priority for a control or remedial action and to determine the most appropriate action to carry out…
About the supplier
Tersus Consultancy Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01912115).