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
- NHS Blood and Transplant · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Brian Johnston & Co (Insurance Brokers) Limited SME
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Vehicle-fleet-support services (CPV 50111110)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 055645-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jun 2026
- Published12 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
Procurement is under the RM6323 framework, lot 1
About the supplier
Brian Johnston & Co (Insurance Brokers) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01997775).