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
- South Western Railway Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- St Luke's Communications
- Value
- £4,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Marketing services (CPV 79342000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 070147-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2026
- Published24 Jul 2026Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
The Provision of Strategic and Creative Marketing Services, Account and Project Management and Production Services
About the supplier
St Luke's Communications: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03101400).