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
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- YMCA St Paul's Group
- Value
- £3,951,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Accommodation services (CPV 98341000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 039023-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 May 2025
- Published10 Jul 2025Published 58 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is for the provision of emergency temporary accommodation for homeless households within the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The Council has a statutory duty to provide Temporary Accommodation (TA) as emergency housing for eligible homeless households who are not intentionally homeless and are vulnerable. The contract offers bed spaces on a nightly-paid basis within the borough, ensuring residents retain access to local services, community support, and educational or employment opportunities. A contract award is made in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis that competition for technical reasons is absent. Market engagement identified only one suitable supplier within the borough with the capabilities and capacity to meet the Council’s requirements.
About the supplier
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