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
- Guinness Developments Limited · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £13,711,487
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Building construction work (CPV 45210000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 045948-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Apr 2025
- Published19 May 2026Published 394 days after the contract date
Description
Following the issue of a VEAT notice in Mar 2025, Guinness Developments Limited ("GDL") has entered into a build contract with GEDA Construction Company Limited ("GEDA"). This scheme is a traditional land and build "package deal" brought to GDL by GEDA, which will result in the construction of 64 affordable rented homes on land off Chesterfield Road, North Wingfield, Derbyshire. GEDA arranged to purchase the site from the local authority (Derbyshire County Council) and completed initial design work up to RIBA stage 3 prior to completion of the land purchase and entering into contract. The package deal is comprised of GDL entering into a JCT Design & Build contract for the construction of the new homes on the land with GEDA (which is the subject of this notice), and a simultaneous purchase of the land from GEDA by The Guinness Partnership Ltd., GDL's parent company. The contracting authority for the build contract under under PA2023 is Guinness Developments Ltd. GDL is a subsidiary of …
About the supplier
Geda Construction Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI016265).