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
- Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Hunter Apparel Solutions Ltd
- Value
- £452,600
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Clothing & footwear · Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories (CPV 18100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 104083-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Sep 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority has direct awarded to Hunter Apparel Solutions Ltd via the YPO framework 001204 PPE Workwear, Uniform and Managed Service under Lot 12 (Uniforms & Workwear Including Station, Corporate & Workshop Wear - Plus Optional Managed Service) for the provison of providing Interim Workwear Managed Service. Contract start date 12th October 2026 with an expiry date of 21st September 2028 with the option to extend the contract by an additional 2 further periods of up to 6 months.
About the supplier
Hunter Apparel Solutions Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI001071).