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
- Coventry University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books) SME
- Value
- £100,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Subscription services (CPV 79980000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 060043-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Apr 2026
- Published25 Jun 2026Published 66 days after the contract date
Description
Coventry University as awarded a contract to the supplier who achieved the top ranked position against Lot 4 of the SUPC Books, eBooks and associated services Framework, and requires an additional supplier from whom we can order items that are not available from the main supplier. This contract is to award a secondary contract will be awarded as result of this mini tender against Lot 4 of the SUPC Books, eBooks and associated services Framework,
About the supplier
A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01607961).