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
- Transpennine Trains Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited
- Value
- £5,207,974
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Cleaning and sanitation services (CPV 90900000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 059298-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jun 2026
- Published24 Jun 2026Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
VEAT Notice - Provision of cleaning services across the contracting entity’s estate, including routine and reactive cleaning activities. This notice relates to a 12-month extension of the existing contract with the incumbent supplier, which is provided for within the contract. The extension is required to maintain continuity of essential services while a new competitive procurement process is prepared and undertaken, which is scheduled to commence in July 2026.
About the supplier
Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05049403).