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
- West Midlands Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Constellia
- Value
- £56,355
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business development consultancy services (CPV 79411100)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 042860-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published24 Jul 2025Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
West Midlands Combined Authority require the support from an external consultant to provide specialist support in the development and implementation of a proposed Major Projects Unit (MPU) and the broader regional Capital Investment Pipeline (Investment Delivery Strategy). This is a compliant direct award via the Agri-EPI Centre (AEC) Framework to Constellia Limited.
About the supplier
Constellia: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06401989).