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
- Central Bedfordshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Anglian Water Business
- Value
- £371,760
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public utilities · Water distribution and related services (CPV 65100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 094023-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published5 Oct 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of water supply and sewerage services across Central Bedfordshire Council's operational property portfolio, covering approximately 42 water supplies.
About the supplier
Anglian Water Business: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03017251).