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
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Canon UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Printed matter · Printed matter and related products (CPV 22000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 095197-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Sep 2026
- Published8 Oct 2026Published 16 days after the contract date
Description
This service includes the printing and mailing of statutory and non-statutory correspondence to residents and partners plus internal media and marketing requirements such as promotional posters, banners, postcards, internal and external display material commissioned by the Directorates.
About the supplier
Canon UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01264300).