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
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (KCAH) SME
- Value
- £129,889
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Rehabilitation services (CPV 85312500)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 062683-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Sep 2025
- Published7 Oct 2025Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award Process C is utilised under Provider Selection Regime 2024 on the basis that (i) there is an existing provider for the provisions of healthcare services and their contract is ending (ii) the proposed contract arrangements are not changing (iii) the existing providers satisfies the requirements of the contract to a sufficient standard.
About the supplier
Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (KCAH): every public contract they have won.