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
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service · Blue Light Service
- Supplier
- Mcbains Ltd
- Value
- £50,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Infrastructure works consultancy services (CPV 71311300)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 076686-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Nov 2025
- Published25 Nov 2025Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
This contract was direct awarded via the ESPO framework 500_23 - onsultancy for Decarbonisation / Net Zero Strategies.
About the supplier
Mcbains Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03094139).