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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- IFI Group Ltd SME
- Value
- £18,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Fire-prevention services (CPV 75251110)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 044334-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published30 Jul 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of fire safety consultancy services including fire door inspections, fire compartmentation, retrospective fire strategies and floor plans.
About the supplier
IFI Group Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10668439).