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
- Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Finches Catering SME
- Value
- £350,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services (CPV 55520000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 041342-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Dec 2024
- Published23 Dec 2024Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
NIFRS has an imminent need to provide appropriate catering services for their trainees and third party users from a supplier who could cater for all NIFRS need; supply, deliver, serve, clean up.
About the supplier
Finches Catering: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI674333).