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
- Citizen Housing Group Limited · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £510,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Quantity surveying services (CPV 71324000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 042112-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Oct 2025
- Published7 May 2026Published 216 days after the contract date
Description
This is a direct award to Cumming Group via the ESPO framework for Property, Building and Infrastructure Advice & Management Services (2664_22).
About the supplier
Cumming Management Group UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05189532).