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
- University of Cumbria · Education
- Value
- £338,360
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public utilities · Operation of water supplies (CPV 65130000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 094581-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2026
- Published7 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Water and waste water services via Framework TECPROC029
About the supplier
Anglian Water Business (National) Limited trading as Wave: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03017251).