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
- Northumberland County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- GC Insight Ltd SME
- Value
- £424,655
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy services (CPV 79410000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 054166-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Jun 2026
- Published9 Jun 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Northumberland County Council on behalf of the Borderlands Partnership is seeking a suitable supplier to develop a standard economic model to be used across the 13 prioritised energy projects. The successful consultancy will then use the agreed model to write the economic case and provide general business case support to the 13 prioritised energy projects.
About the supplier
GC Insight Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03162288).