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
- Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Browne Jacobson LLP
- Value
- £180,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 080346-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Dec 2025
- Published5 Dec 2025Published the same day
Description
This service will cover provision of fatal flaws reviews legal advice relating to audit services and has been awarded using a compliant framework route.
About the supplier
Browne Jacobson LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC306448).