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
- Bedford Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- International parking systems
- Value
- £164,770
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Parking meters (CPV 38730000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 057657-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jul 2025
- Published18 Sep 2025Published 55 days after the contract date
Description
Refurbishment of Parking Meters and purchase of new units. Additional information: Procured via the ESPO Parking Management Solutions Framework
About the supplier
International parking systems: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09971838).