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
- Peabody Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Potter Raper Ltd SME
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Building surveying services (CPV 71315300)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 046084-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 May 2026
- Published20 May 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The stakeholder seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to provide assurance, and regulatory compliance across complex, high risk works: the Quantity Surveyor (QS) ensures tight cost control, accurate valuations and protection against overspend on often grant funded remediation schemes; the Principal Designer (CDM) manages and mitigates health and safety risks at design stage, which is critical where intrusive and occupied building fire works are involved; the Employer’s Agent (EA) protects the client’s interests on Design & Build contracts by enforcing contractual, quality and performance obligations; the Grant Certifying Officer safeguards funding by ensuring works and claims meet grant criteria, reducing the risk of clawback; the Clerk of Works provides independent on site inspections to ensure fire safety works are delivered correctly and defects are identified early; and the Principal Designer – Building Regulations (PDBR) ensures the design complies full…
About the supplier
Potter Raper Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11729518).