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
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Banner Group Limited
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 073588-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Aug 2025
- Published13 Nov 2025Published 79 days after the contract date
Description
Further competition from CCS Framework RM6299 for the supply of office products to include but not limited to general stationery products, printed paper, files, batteries
About the supplier
Banner Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05510758).