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
- The City of Edinburgh Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- CALM Training Ltd SME
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Specialist training services (CPV 80510000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 086201-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Nov 2025
- Published29 Dec 2025Published 32 days after the contract date
Description
Delivery to approximately 300 new and 500 refresh individuals of specialist learning provision, including debriefing and physical intervention (safe holding) and escapes (disengagement) which can help to mitigate the risk of harm to individual persons and young people in the Council’s care, and protect their wellbeing and that of employees, visitors and members of the public. Additional information: 4 year contract with the option to extend for up to another 4 years in 12 month extensions
About the supplier
CALM Training Ltd: every public contract they have won.