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
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £540,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Printing and related services (CPV 79800000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 041521-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published6 May 2026Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement for the refresh of the authorities multi-functional devices fleet
About the supplier
Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01132885).