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Contract award · 1 Aug 2025

Purchase of an Incident Command Unit (ICU) for Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council awarded “Purchase of an Incident Command Unit (ICU) for Gloucestershire…” to WH Bence (Coachworks) Limited for £393k.

No competitionVehicles & transport equipmentSouth West

BuyerGloucestershire County Council
Value £393k
WinnerWH Bence (Coachworks) Limited SME

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Gloucestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
WH Bence (Coachworks) Limited SME
Value
£392,520
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Vehicles & transport equipment · Motor vehicles (CPV 34100000)
Region
South West
Official notice
051153-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Aug 2025
  2. Published26 Aug 2025Published 25 days after the contract date

Description

Gloucestershire County Council is awarding a two year contract for the Purchase of an Incident Command Unit (ICU) using a Further Competition process via YPO Framework 0001170 Purchase, Hire and Lease of Specialist Vehicles and Associated Services (Lot 20).

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