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
- Finham Park Multi Academy Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Aspens Services Ltd
- Value
- £1,166,552
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services (CPV 55520000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 070652-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2025
- Published4 Nov 2025Published 126 days after the contract date
Description
The Customer is required to run a tender process to appoint one single Supplier for Catering Services for four schools to align with their current contracts ending August 2025.
About the supplier
Aspens Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06561073).