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
- Darlington Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Lloyds Bank PLC
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Banking services (CPV 66110000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 059628-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Aug 2025
- Published25 Sep 2025Published 35 days after the contract date
Description
Banking Services
About the supplier
Lloyds Bank PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00002065).