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
- Lancaster City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Trowers & Hamlins LLP
- Value
- £50,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal advisory and information services (CPV 79140000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 044061-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 May 2026
- Published13 May 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Provision of support when internal capacity is full.
About the supplier
Trowers & Hamlins LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC337852).