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
- Horiba Mira
- Value
- £246,457
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Mechanical and electrical engineering services (CPV 71334000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 067851-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jul 2026
- Published17 Jul 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
specialist laboratory testing to assess the compliance of AEBS systems of M1, N1 and N3 vehicles placed on the UK market
About the supplier
Horiba Mira: every public contract they have won.