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
- Sanctuary Housing Association · Housing Association
- Supplier
- Gailarde Limited
- Value
- £1,676,680.85
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · Curtains, drapes, valances and textile blinds (CPV 39515000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 103800-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2026
- Published2 Nov 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
supply, delivery and installation of window treatments including curtains, voile curtains, blackout curtains, roller blinds, vertical blinds, venetian blinds, vision blinds, roman blinds, curtain tracks and poles together with surveying, installation, maintenance support, repair and replacement services.
About the supplier
Gailarde Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01406026).