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
- Hartlepool College of Further Education · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Office Express
- Value
- £28,536.80
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 084185-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2025
- Published18 Dec 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
80 laptops required for the College, via the CPC framework mini competition.
About the supplier
Office Express: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04009304).