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
- London Borough of Lewisham · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Lumensol Ltd SME
- Value
- £360,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 064880-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published9 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
"The contract appoints Lumensol Limited to provide strategic consultancy support to the Housing Directorate's Quality and Investment (Q&I) service. The consultancy covers three workstreams: a review of the major works capital programme; specialist procurement support to clear the housing procurement backlog; and an extension of the Interim Director of Quality & Investment role to provide leadership, improve capital programme delivery, strengthen asset management, and support regulatory compliance."
About the supplier
Lumensol Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11349433).