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
- Queen Margaret University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Penna Plc SME
- Value
- £260,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Advertising and marketing services (CPV 79340000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 040450-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2024
- Published16 Dec 2024Published the same day
Description
Non-competitive action carried out due to reasons of extreme urgency according to regulation 6(1)(C). Contract awarded to incumbent supplier, Penna Plc, to ensure continuity of student advertising services in the absence of a Head of Procurement for one year contract. Full procurement to be carried out once contract expires.
About the supplier
Penna Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01918150).