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
- Gateshead Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bloom Procurement Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £52,191
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Economic research services (CPV 79311400)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 079843-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Nov 2025
- Published4 Dec 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award via NEPRO3
About the supplier
Bloom Procurement Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08045123).