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
- Aberdeenshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- A & M Smith Skip Hire Ltd SME
- Value
- £40,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Refuse and waste related services (CPV 90500000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 047627-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 May 2026
- Published22 May 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Council requires the urgent provision of skip hire and waste uplift services to support Housing and Building Standards, Housing Repairs operations.
About the supplier
A & M Smith Skip Hire Ltd: every public contract they have won.