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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cooneen Defence Limited SME
- Value
- £85,243.78
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (CPV 35000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 055917-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date5 Jun 2026
- Published12 Jun 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award from ESPO framework agreement 144_23, without reopening competition
About the supplier
Cooneen Defence Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI049695).