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
- Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Mott MacDonald Ltd
- Value
- £12,688,607
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Foreign economic-aid-related services (CPV 75211200)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Aug 2024
- Published17 Dec 2024Published 138 days after the contract date
Description
This contract was awarded using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication under Regulation 32(2)(c). This was required for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority whereby the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with. The urgency arose due to: a) the severe financial distress, and subsequent insolvency, of the previous supplier of the relevant services for reasons which were beyond the control of the contracting authority and without sufficient prior notice as to allow for an open, restricted competitive procurement process to be run; and b) the criticality of service delivery to vulnerable people where a delay / gap in service provision may result in loss of life. Given these circumstances, the award of an interim short term contract to maintain continuity of service was considered to be justified with the expectation that any follow on services af…
About the supplier
Mott MacDonald Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01243967).