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
- East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Toyota(g.b.) PLC
- Value
- £219,558
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Vehicle bodies (CPV 34210000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 089962-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Sep 2026
- Published23 Sep 2026Published the same day
Description
**CONTRACT AWARD**<br/><br/>This is a Contract Award Notice for the purchase of 13 x Toyota Proace Electric Vehicles to replace the current internal logistics support fleet.<br/>This is a one off purchase.<br/><br/>These have been purchased via the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Framework RM6244 - Purchase of Standard and Specialist Vehicles under Lot 5.
About the supplier
Toyota(g.b.) PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00916634).