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
- Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Babble Belfast SME
- Value
- £40,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services (CPV 55520000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 071034-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2025
- Published4 Nov 2025Published the same day
Description
Delivery of a Food and Drink Programme, initially for the period from May 2024 - March 2025, with the option to extend for a further 2 years (1+1).
About the supplier
Babble Belfast: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI674515).