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
- Gatenby Sanderson Limited SME
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 074839-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Jul 2026
- Published6 Aug 2026Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
Recruitment Support for senior and executive roles
About the supplier
Gatenby Sanderson Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04451141).