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
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Horiba Mira
- Value
- £186,290
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Mechanical and electrical engineering services (CPV 71334000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 045036-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Jul 2025
- Published1 Aug 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
To test a range of M1 and N3 category vehicles
About the supplier
Horiba Mira: every public contract they have won.