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
- Progress Housing Group · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Furniture Resource Centre Limited SME
- Value
- £120,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · Domestic furniture (CPV 39140000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 096074-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Apr 2026
- Published12 Oct 2026Published 181 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of domestic furniture
About the supplier
Furniture Resource Centre Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02296329).