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
- Department For Education · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Mott MacDonald Ltd SME
- Value
- £2,734,870.79
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 047647-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 May 2026
- Published22 May 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
The required service will be to act as the delivery partner for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF). A separate Grant Funding Agreement will be put in place between the Department for Education and the successful delivery partner. This will enable payments to be made to Local authorities (LAs) and Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs).
About the supplier
Mott MacDonald Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01243967).