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
- Norse Commercial Services Limited · Local Authority Trading Company
- Supplier
- Lookers Group Fleet
- Value
- £102,786.18
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Specialist vehicles (CPV 34114000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 041528-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jan 2026
- Published6 May 2026Published 119 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of two L3 Ford Chassis with bespoke bodywork from framework TPPL/NEPO224
About the supplier
Lookers Group Fleet: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00143470).