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
- Stockton on Tees Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Ove Arup Limited
- Value
- £37,214
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Engineering design services (CPV 71320000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 057381-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jun 2026
- Published18 Jun 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Direct award from the NEPO212 Framework, Lot 9 is an allowed and the quickest method available for a route to market. Arup have completed the initial feasibility work preliminary design of Horse and Jockey Roundabout Improvements, and the intention is to now progress to preliminary design with direct award to Arup.
About the supplier
Ove Arup Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09938540).