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
- Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- EDF Energy Customers PLC
- Value
- £2,103,206.64
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Electricity (CPV 09310000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 096912-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Sep 2026
- Published14 Oct 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award via GCA RM6251 Supply of Energy 2 framework, Lot 1 to award a contract to provide Electricity across the DWFRS estate from 2029-2033
About the supplier
EDF Energy Customers PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02228297).