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
- DFT Operator Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Jacobs U.K. Limited
- Value
- £120,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · General management consultancy services (CPV 79411000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 098502-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Sep 2026
- Published19 Oct 2026Published 33 days after the contract date
Description
Compliant direct award via DfT STARThree THRE02 framework.
About the supplier
Jacobs U.K. Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02594504).