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
- Stockton on Tees Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- DWF LLP
- Value
- £60,100
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal advisory services (CPV 79111000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 085300-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jul 2026
- Published9 Sep 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
FC from the NEPO513 Legal Services for the LEGAL SERVICES TO PROCURE A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO BRING FORWARD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (TOWN CENTRE LIVING) The Council wish to commission a legal team to advise and act on the Council's behalf to procure a development partner to bring forward high quality town centre living across a package of sites in and around Stockton Town Centre over the next 3 years This tender process will appoint a legal team to help evaluate the tender returns process with the input of the relevant SBC teams and to act as a key partner to the Council during the procurement of a development partner and throughout the Pre Development Agreement and Development Agreement stages.
About the supplier
DWF LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC328794).