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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £150,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction materials · Miscellaneous fire-protection equipment (CPV 44480000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 075268-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Nov 2025
- Published19 Nov 2025Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of fire retardant bedding packs, aprons and throws. Direct award under West Midlands Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Safe and Well Equipment, ref C002971, lots 1 and 2.
About the supplier
Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd, ARBRY HOUSE, UNIT 6 PICCADILLY TRADING ESTATE, MANCHESTER: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00454128).