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
- Ofsted · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Calder Conferences
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Hotel meeting and conference services (CPV 55120000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 074815-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Aug 2026
- Published6 Aug 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Booking services for events and external venues. No committed spend.
About the supplier
Calder Conferences: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03702902).