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
- University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Banner
- Value
- £225,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers, printers and furniture (CPV 30100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 042077-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 May 2026
- Published7 May 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award from the NWUPC Office Supplies framework
About the supplier
Banner: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07464584).