Who Won It

Contract award · 17 Dec 2025

Supply Of Low Emission Structural Steel

Scottish Water awarded “Supply Of Low Emission Structural Steel” to an unnamed supplier for £15.5m on 17 Dec 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionMining & metalsScotland

BuyerScottish Water
Value £15.5m
WinnersNot named

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Scottish Water
Suppliers
Not named
Value
£15,500,000
Procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sector
Mining & metals · Steel (CPV 14622000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
084570-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Dec 2025
  2. Published18 Dec 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

evoked Regs 48 under the Utility Regs 2016 – direct negotiation

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