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
- Ashfords LLP
- Value
- £291,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 074126-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jul 2026
- Published5 Aug 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Right to Buy Legal Services
About the supplier
Ashfords LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC342432).