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
- Chelmsford City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Value
- £250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial consultancy services (CPV 66171000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 065585-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Jun 2026
- Published13 Jul 2026Published 32 days after the contract date
Description
Chelmsford City Council (CCC) requires the commissioning of advice to appraise options for the Council’s long leasehold interest a local retail unit. This work has been commissioned via mini-competition through ESPO 664_25 framework.
About the supplier
Grant Thornton UK LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC307742).