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 For Education · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Mutual Ventures SME
- Value
- £842,835
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 054712-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2025
- Published8 Sep 2025Published 70 days after the contract date
Description
This is a notice of award for Reducing Family Court Delays - Designated Family Judge Trailblazer Expansion Project 25-26. The services relate to the department's aim to expand upon the work done previously on the Designated Family Judge Trailblazer pilot FY24-25. The work is aimed at reducing delays in the family justice (FJ) system by working with Local Authorities (LAs) in Designated Family Judge (DFJ) areas to identify key causes of local delay in family courts, develop and embed learning from the DFJ Trailblazer 24-25 programme, and further develop system accountability work. The contract has been awarded to Mutual Ventures Ltd
About the supplier
Mutual Ventures: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07490364).