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
- Department of Health and Social Care · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Verian Group UK Ltd
- Value
- £134,185
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Survey analysis services (CPV 79311300)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 052347-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Aug 2025
- Published29 Aug 2025Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) wishes to pilot updated School Food Standards in a sample of schools in England. This pilot seeks to understand whether the updated standards are feasible for caterers and schools to implement and to highlight any unintended consequences. The pilot will explore cost, acceptability and nutritional implications of introducing menus based on updated standards.
About the supplier
Verian Group UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13663077).