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
- Cambridgeshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Halfords Limited
- Value
- £45,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Benefit services (CPV 75310000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Sep 2025
- Published25 Nov 2025Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award to Halfords Limited under ESPO framework 319_23 Staff Benefits: Lot 2 Cycle To Work. This is for the provision of a managed Cycle to Work scheme to support the Cambridgeshire County Council employee benefits programme. This is a cost neutral contract.
About the supplier
Halfords Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00103161).