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
- Fair4all Finance Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Value
- £710,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Auditing services (CPV 79212000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 076630-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Aug 2026
- Published12 Aug 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Further competition under CCS Audit and Assurance Services Two Framework RM6130
About the supplier
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC303525).