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
- Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Flowbird Smart City UK Limited SME
- Value
- £31,376
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Parking services (CPV 63712400)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 082995-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Oct 2025
- Published15 Dec 2025Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
Framework information : Direct Award via ESPO Framework 509_23 Parking Management Solutions, Lot 1 - Pay & Display
About the supplier
Flowbird Smart City UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04869035).