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
- West Midlands Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Deloitte LLP
- Value
- £485,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 050428-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 May 2026
- Published28 May 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) UKCG SR25 submission established that a Mayoral Delivery Vehicle was required to oversee the regeneration programme and maximise benefits of the significant public sector investment into the WM Metro in UKCG. Phase 1 was focussed on developing the rationale for a Mayoral Delivery Vehicle included in the SR25 submission into a clear and agreed set of objectives and case for why a vehicle is required. Phase 2 saw the implementation plan to enable the Mayoral Development Zone (MDZ) to be established, and to prepare the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOC) to establish a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) for East Birmingham. This further stage will secure the establishment of the MDC and advance progress on the MDZ. It will put in place the key structures, governance cycles, working groups and practices for the MDC in its 'transition phase' as well as developing the Full Business Case (FBC) on the basis of the agreed SOC, leading to early-s…
About the supplier
Deloitte LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC303675).