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
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Stephens Catering Equipment Co Ltd SME
- Value
- £250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · Catering equipment (CPV 39310000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 041372-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Nov 2024
- Published23 Dec 2024Published 26 days after the contract date
Description
This is a compliant award of a Call-Off Contract for the provision of Dishwashers from the TUCO Framework for Light and Heavy Catering Equipment (CAT11064-TU). This short term interim contract is valued to a maximum of £250,000 however there is no guarantee of any level of spend. It will be used by EA only when required to ensure service continuity of school meals to children and young people until the wider EA contract is in place. The original Framework was awarded in 2023, as per notice 2022/S 000-032345 following an Open procurement process in compliance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
About the supplier
Stephens Catering Equipment Co Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI011092).