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
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- CHC Group Ltd SME
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Building construction work (CPV 45210000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 051281-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jul 2025
- Published26 Aug 2025Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
The award of a contract by Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, in respect of the continued provision of a Term Service Contract for Maintenance (M&E) and Minor Works in the Western Education and Library Board area (Area 1), Contract Lot 4 which includes but is not limited to controlled and uncontrolled schools.
About the supplier
CHC Group Ltd: every public contract they have won.