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
- Bristol City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Milestones Trust
- Value
- £617,721
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 078436-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Jul 2026
- Published18 Aug 2026Published 46 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement route to market for this project was a direct award from an internal Framework: Adult Social Care Providers Single Framework, Lot 2 Residential and Nursing Care Homes.
About the supplier
Milestones Trust: every public contract they have won.