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
- Cleveland Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cafe 18 SME
- Value
- £180,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services (CPV 55520000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 068070-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jun 2025
- Published20 Jul 2026Published 399 days after the contract date
Description
Catering services at Cleveland Fire Brigade HQ
About the supplier
Cafe 18: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 16352958).