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
- Caerphilly County Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Matrix SCM Limited SME
- Value
- £1,224,044
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 040564-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jun 2025
- Published16 Jul 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Award of Contract to Matrix SCM following a further competition off the Welsh Government framework (WGCD-PCS-119-22) Provision of Temporary workers arrangement and specifically Lot 2 Vendor Neutral Managed Service Provider. This contract award notice is the outcome of the further competition undertaken under the WGCD framework agreement. Contract period 01 July 2025 – 30 June 2028 with the option to extend for up to a further period of twelve (12) months. Additional information: The total cost is an estimate based on historic spend and includes the extension if taken up.
About the supplier
Matrix SCM Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02227962).