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
- Cleveland Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Tom Willoughby Ltd SME
- Value
- £600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 099299-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
Initial scope of works include the demolition and build of a new training tower at Grangetown fire station. Contract allows the award of further relevant construction works accross the estate..
About the supplier
Tom Willoughby Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00703979).