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
- Knowsley Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Totalserve Wholesale Limited
- Value
- £860,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Food & drink · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (CPV 15000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 039232-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Feb 2026
- Published29 Apr 2026Published 87 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Drinks and Confectionary to various Council premises
About the supplier
Totalserve Wholesale Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04676522).