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
- Blackpool Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Looker Motor Group Ltd
- Value
- £166,223.52
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons (CPV 34120000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 097110-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Oct 2026
- Published14 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Purchase of 4 x Ford Transit L4H3 17 Seat Minibus RWD (33967) Direct Award via the Hertfordshire County Council & TPPL Vehicle Purchase Framework
About the supplier
Looker Motor Group Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00143470).