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
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Halfords Limited Cycle2work
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Benefit services (CPV 75310000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 037642-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Mar 2021
- Published21 Dec 2023Published 1001 days after the contract date
Description
The objective of the scheme is to promote healthier journeys to work and to reduce environmental pollution. The 1999 Finance Act introduced an annual tax exemption which allows employers to loan cycles and cyclists safety equipment to employees as a tax free benefit. Administration of the process is in conjunction with EA & Department of Education (DE) Payrolls and there will be no cost to the EA for this scheme.
About the supplier
Halfords Limited Cycle2work: every public contract they have won.