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
- Leidos Supply Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Cooneen Defence Ltd SME
- Value
- £15,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Clothing & footwear · Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories (CPV 18000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 085256-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Feb 2024
- Published9 Sep 2026Published 923 days after the contract date
Description
This contract was originally tendered under PCR2015 using the Open Procedure in late 2022 for a 4-year contract. The advertised awarded contract value was £15M, with the current contract due to end on 28th February 2028. Leidos Supply Ltd. now intends to extend the contract by 24-months as additional time is required to complete the successor procurement and associated implementation activities. The extension is necessary to maintain uninterrupted supply and avoid operational disruption during this period. The proposed contract extension, is on the basis that the provisions of PCR Regulation 72 (Modification of Contracts during their term): 72 (1) (c): apply- i.e.: “ …Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure ….. where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:— (i)the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen; (ii)the modification does not alter the over…
About the supplier
Cooneen Defence Ltd: every public contract they have won.