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
- Post Office Limited · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Printing and related services (CPV 79800000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 086242-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jul 2026
- Published11 Sep 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award of the Lot 1 RM6297 framework - this was a single Supplier on Lot 1 therefore direct award to the sole supplier.
About the supplier
HH Global T/A HH Associates Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04680562).