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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Learning Curve Group
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 073657-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date12 Sep 2025
- Published13 Nov 2025Published 62 days after the contract date
Description
Urban Driver apprenticeships for 2025/26 and 2026/27. These are for loaders working in the Waste Team requiring an LGV licence.
About the supplier
Learning Curve Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05233487).