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
- Sunderland City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- WSP
- Value
- £42,874.23
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Ground investigation services (CPV 71351500)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 059691-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jun 2026
- Published25 Jun 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Ground Investigation Report (GIR) and perform the Overseeing Organisation Geotechnical Advisor (OOGA) role for the Sheepfolds Strategic Drainage project
About the supplier
WSP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04159006).