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
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Aesop Arts and Society Limited SME
- Value
- £220,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 056170-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Sep 2025
- Published12 Sep 2025Published the same day
Description
This is a community-based falls prevention exercise service for older adults in Dudley. Dudley MBC are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £220,000. The service is intended to be provided between September 2025 and September 2029. (structured as an initial two-year term with the option to extend for a further two years).
About the supplier
Aesop Arts and Society Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06998306).