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
- Castle Point Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Multiverse Group Limited
- Value
- £194,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 039235-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Mar 2026
- Published29 Apr 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
Apprenticeship training courses
About the supplier
Multiverse Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10027474).