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
- National Audit Office · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
- Value
- £311,276.67
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Market research services (CPV 79310000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 086058-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Sep 2025
- Published24 Dec 2025Published 100 days after the contract date
Description
The National Audit Office (NAO) has awarded a Survey of MPs service contract This contract was awarded using Lot 4 Communications, engagement and research of NHS Shared Business Services Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health framework
About the supplier
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00948470).