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
- Middlesbrough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Thompson Commercials Limited SME
- Value
- £62,373
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Industrial machinery · Works trucks (CPV 42415200)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 077139-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Jul 2026
- Published13 Aug 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
Arb Truck Purchase - Direct Award via HCC and TPPL Vehicle Purchase Framework (TPPLHCCOP03)
About the supplier
Thompson Commercials Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00532879).