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
- Civil Aviation Authority · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £490,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Archiving services (CPV 79995100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 040787-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2026
- Published5 May 2026Published 60 days after the contract date
Description
Physical records management
About the supplier
Compass Minerals Storage and Archives Ltd. Trading as Deepstore: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01588213).