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
- UK Hydrographic Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Ridge Associates LLP
- Value
- £250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Facilities management services (CPV 79993100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 080930-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Nov 2025
- Published9 Dec 2025Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Call off agreement for Facilities management services
About the supplier
Ridge Associates LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC309402).