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
- Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Medr) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Institute for Employment Studies SME
- Value
- £242,736
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research consultancy services (CPV 73210000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 043919-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Apr 2026
- Published13 May 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
We wish to appoint a contractor to design a programme of support to promote collaboration between tertiary education providers and trade unions in Wales. The contractor will build upon the work already undertaken within the Further Education (FE) sector and design a flexible programme of support suitable for all parts of the tertiary education sector, including: Further Education (FE) Higher Education (HE) Sixth Forms Apprenticeships, and Adult Community Learning (ACL)
About the supplier
Institute for Employment Studies: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00931547).