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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Ford Retail Limited
- Value
- £236,702.85
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Minibuses (CPV 34114400)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 050727-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2026
- Published29 May 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of five, seventeen seater minibuses
About the supplier
Ford Retail Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00191596).