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
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Balmers GM Ltd
- Value
- £150,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction & mining machinery · Grounds-maintenance equipment (CPV 43325100)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 085490-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published22 Dec 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for the supply of 4 x Ride on Mowers to replace machines that have reached the optimum age point in their lives and are no longer meeting the requirements of the Service.
About the supplier
Balmers GM Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08099551).