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
- University of Southampton · Higher Education Institution not subject to PCR15 or any replacement legislation
- Supplier
- Firemark Ltd SME
- Value
- £302,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Firefighting equipment (CPV 35111000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 047863-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Apr 2026
- Published22 May 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
The requirement under this call-off contract is for the appointed supplier to carry out the annual servicing and maintenance of all portable fire equipment managed by the Estates and Facilities Department. This is a Direct Award under the NHS SBS Hard FM 2 Framework Reference: SBS10166 - Lot 8.2 Fire Safety Equipment & Maintenance (South-East)
About the supplier
Firemark Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06299361).