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
- Corporate Officer of the House of Commons · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Wilton Carpet Factory Ltd SME
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · Woven carpeting (CPV 39531200)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 075518-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Feb 2023
- Published10 Aug 2026Published 1286 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority has entered into contract with The Wilton Carpet Factory Limited for the supply of specialist, woven, heritage carpet which will be supplied over a term of four years. This was a negotiated procedure with no prior call for publication. A VEAT notice was published on the 13th December 2022 informing the market of its intention.
About the supplier
Wilton Carpet Factory Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04964598).