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
- Renfrewshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Farid Hillend Engineering Limited SME
- Value
- £700,911
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Refuse-collection vehicles (CPV 34144511)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 059123-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Apr 2025
- Published23 Jun 2026Published 438 days after the contract date
Description
A direct award where the procurement followed the mini competition buying procedure for Scotland Excel Framework Agreement for the Supply & Delivery of Heavy and Municipal Vehicles (ref: 03/21). which is fully GPA compliant.
About the supplier
Farid Hillend Engineering Limited: every public contract they have won.