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
- West Lothian Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Wm Hamilton & Sons Limited SME
- Value
- £360,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Street-cleaning and sweeping services (CPV 90610000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 084877-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Nov 2025
- Published19 Dec 2025Published 37 days after the contract date
Description
CPU to award this contract as a direct award utilising the Scotland Excel Vehicle and Plant Hire framework agreement.
About the supplier
Wm Hamilton & Sons Limited: every public contract they have won.