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
- Southend-on-Sea City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cable Test Limited SME
- Value
- £462,229.60
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Electricity (CPV 09310000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 082536-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Dec 2025
- Published12 Dec 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The requirement under Lot 1 is for low voltage contestable works as follows: • Design of connections • Connections of unmetered supplies • Disconnections of unmetered supplies • Transfers of unmetered supplies • New Connections to unmetered supplies • Overhead cable connections / transfers / disconnections - to include 3-phase connections to feeder pillars of street furniture including but not limited to street lighting, illuminated bollards, traffic signals, etc, to unmetered supplies. Associated civil engineering works such as trench excavation, reinstatement, duct installation and backfilling up to tile tape level are also included. Additional information: Total contract cost for the maximum 4 year period is: £462,229.60 (excl VAT). Total annual cost of the contract is: £115,557.40 (excl VAT).
About the supplier
Cable Test Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04934614).