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
- De Montfort University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Key Travel
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Travel management services (CPV 63516000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 052268-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Jun 2026
- Published3 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
Provisison of Business Travel Management Services
About the supplier
Key Travel: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01524302).