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
- Chelmsford City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Certas Energy UK Limited SME
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Fuels (CPV 09100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 041981-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 May 2025
- Published22 Jul 2025Published 70 days after the contract date
Description
Procured via mini-competition through the ESPO Liquid Fuels framework.
About the supplier
Certas Energy UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04168225).