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
- Staffordshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £1,250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Printing and related services (CPV 79800000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 069762-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jun 2026
- Published23 Jul 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Further Competition was carried out via Crown Commercial Services Print and Digital Communications (RM6297) Lot 2.
About the supplier
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00681528).