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
- Great British Energy - Nuclear · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 077326-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Aug 2026
- Published13 Aug 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The contract was awarded following a direct award procedure from the GCA Legal Panel for Government Framework RM6360 to support the requirement to have additional legal capacity in place. A direct award is a compliant option under the Framework. Prospectuses were reviewed and the proposed supplier, is experienced in the areas of support that are required.
About the supplier
Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC330252).