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
- Great British Energy - Nuclear · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Grayling Communications Limited SME
- Value
- £600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)
- Official notice
- 083986-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Nov 2025
- Published17 Dec 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Great British Energy - Nuclear is an Arm’s Length Body (ALB) set up to deliver the government’s new nuclear ambition, starting with a selection process for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). GBE-N sought a Communications/Engagement agency to support its national communications and stakeholder engagement activity.
About the supplier
Grayling Communications Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03140273).