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
- Gloucestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Newton Consulting Limited
- Value
- £442,160
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical analysis or consultancy services (CPV 71621000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 051665-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Aug 2025
- Published27 Aug 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Gloucestershire County Council has let a contract for Adult Social Care Improvement Programme - Consultancy. This was procured via CCS RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3) for a period of 4 (four) months with an optional extension of 2 (two) months.
About the supplier
Newton Consulting Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04279175).