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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Specialist Fleet Services Limited SME
- Value
- £665,100
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Specialist vehicles (CPV 34114000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 090430-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Sep 2026
- Published24 Sep 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Short term hire/lease solution for between 8 and 15 Refuse Collection Vehicles
About the supplier
Specialist Fleet Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02843547).