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
- Gloucestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Unite Procurement UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £170,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Nicotine substitutes (CPV 33693200)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 072004-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jul 2026
- Published30 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Gloucestershire County Council has awarded a call-off contract under the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6202 Tail Spend Solution Framework Agreement to Unite Procurement UK Ltd for the supply of vaping products, including vape starter kits, consumables and associated products, to support delivery of local stop smoking services and tobacco dependency treatment pathways. The contract will support provision across community, maternity and secondary care settings within Gloucestershire. The call-off has been awarded by direct award in accordance with the RM6202 framework arrangements. Additional information: This contract has been awarded by direct award under the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6202 Tail Spend Solution Framework Agreement. The call-off contract is for the supply of vaping products to support smoking cessation services within Gloucestershire.
About the supplier
Unite Procurement UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08627563).