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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Travis Perkins
- Value
- £65,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction materials · Building materials (CPV 44111000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 048694-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2026
- Published26 May 2026Published 86 days after the contract date
Description
Predominantly the supply of Housing Operations materials core stock, specialist supplies but with additional supplies of PPE, RPE and other plant and equipment to meet JIT and bulk deliveries for each of Housing Operation's maintenance programmes.
About the supplier
Travis Perkins: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00824821).