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 · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Gower College SME
- Value
- £285,530
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 067632-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2025
- Published22 Oct 2025Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
It supports the needs and development of contact centre and deployment colleagues in Swansea.
About the supplier
Gower College: every public contract they have won.