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
- Historic England · Body governed by public law
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Storage and retrieval services (CPV 63121000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 048192-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Aug 2025
- Published12 Aug 2025Published the same day
Description
A maximum of 7 years (4 years fixed and 3 year extension) requirement for Historic England (HE) to have a offsite record storage solution. Primarily providing storage and retrieval services, we are looking for a contractor who we can work with effectively to provide for the security, preservation and on-going management of our records. Historic England currently holds records for the English Heritage Trust (EHT) and as such provides services to them via a Shared Service arrangement.
About the supplier
Restore PLC (Trading as Restore Information Management): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05169780).