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
- Cotswold District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Value
- £155,563
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Auditing services (CPV 79212000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 058825-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published23 Jun 2026Published 83 days after the contract date
Description
Services of external auditors to audit the councils 25/26 accounts under the PSAA framework.
About the supplier
Bishop Fleming Audit Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07869428).