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
- Westminster City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Matrix SCM Limited SME
- Value
- £224,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 052876-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Aug 2025
- Published1 Sep 2025Published 25 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for the provision of Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources (MSTAR) which is a fully managed neutral vendor service which delivers employers recruitment supply chains and systems for hiring and managing contingent workers.
About the supplier
Matrix SCM Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02227962).