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
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- PA Consulting Services Ltd
- Value
- £1,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Procurement consultancy services (CPV 79418000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 067125-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Oct 2025
- Published21 Oct 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of support to the Theory Test re-procurement project
About the supplier
PA Consulting Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00414220).