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
- London Borough of Waltham Forest · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Matrix SCM Limited SME
- Value
- £108,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 094621-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2026
- Published7 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct Award via MSTAR4 (Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources) framework agreement via the London Collaboration agreement, established by the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO).
About the supplier
Matrix SCM Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02227962).