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
- Steel River Academy Trust · Regional or local agency/office
- Supplier
- United Cleaning Solutions Ltd
- Value
- £1,244,393.61
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · School cleaning services (CPV 90919300)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 087755-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Aug 2026
- Published16 Sep 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of cleaning services across the Trust
About the supplier
United Cleaning Solutions Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC390470).