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
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Iron Mountain (UK) PLC
- Value
- £217,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Records management (CPV 79996100)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 055511-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Aug 2025
- Published10 Sep 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Barnsley Council has awarded a contract with a qualified service provider for the provision of off-site paper records storage and records management services. The provider will support the council in securely managing, retrieving and ultimately reducing our physical records footprint while ensuring compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
About the supplier
Iron Mountain (UK) PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01478540).