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
- the Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Irwin ME 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
- 051287-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jul 2025
- Published26 Aug 2025Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of planned and responsive electrical maintenance and minor works to be carried out in schools and associated facilities located in the Education Authority (Belfast Region) Area Lot 1
About the supplier
Irwin ME Ltd: every public contract they have won.