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
- West Midlands Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Constellia
- Value
- £255,102.04
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Advertising consultancy services (CPV 79341100)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 065203-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Oct 2025
- Published14 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
West Midlands combined authority require the services of an external provider to refresh the current campaign with the aim to drive the increase of bus journeys throughout the region. This is a direct award via the Agri-EPI Centre (AEC) Framework to Constellia Limited who will subcontract the work to Impero Limited.
About the supplier
Constellia: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06401989).