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
- NCC Operations Limited · Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Body Governed by Public Law
- Supplier
- Burges Salmon LLP
- Value
- £75,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal advisory services (CPV 79111000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 066649-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2025
- Published15 Jul 2026Published 268 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award procedure via the Government Commercial Agency's RM6240 Public Sector Legal Services Framework Agreement.
About the supplier
Burges Salmon LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC307212).