Contract award · 1 Mar 2023

North Devon Pioneers

Defra Network eTendering Portal awarded “North Devon Pioneers” to North Devon Biosphere Foundation for £232k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionResearch & developmentLondon

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Defra Network eTendering Portal · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£232,113.22
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Research & development · Research and development consultancy services (CPV 73200000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Mar 2023
  2. Published22 Dec 2023Published 296 days after the contract date

Description

– focus on specific elements or likely building blocks of the new schemes. They will be short, low risk, involve limited funding, few participants and will be explorative and iterative. (For example a workshop or structured interviews could be used to test a land management plan).

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