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
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Barfection Limited SME
- Value
- £270,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Training services (CPV 80500000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 053996-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2026
- Published8 Jun 2026Published 38 days after the contract date
Description
Call-off Process conducted under existing LCRCA DPS for Skills Bootcamp.
About the supplier
Barfection Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11679487).