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
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The Incredible Years Inc.
- Value
- £225,601
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 069234-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2026
- Published22 Jul 2026Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
PSD Scotland intends to award a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in accordance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 - reg 33(b) (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Incredible Years Training is coordinated via The Incredible Years, Inc. (based in Seattle, USA). Incredible Years has a network of trainers around the world. Only certified Incredible Years Mentors and Trainers can deliver Incredible Years trainings using Incredible Years materials.
About the supplier
The Incredible Years Inc.: every public contract they have won.