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
- Southend-on-sea Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Fuel Card Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £278,997.55
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (CPV 09000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jan 2025
- Published20 Mar 2025Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
Southend-on-Sea City Council (the "Council") currently has a fuel card service contract in place to purchase approximately 55,000 litres of ULSD diesel per annum for its current fleet of 82 vehicles. The current fuel card solution provider processes approximately 1,084 transactions per annum. The Council is looking to continue with a fuel card solution to allow its fleet to purchase fuel at a variety of retail fuel outlets across Southend-on-Sea. The more retail outlets that the fuel card service covers, then the less distance needs to be driven to get to a fuel outlet. The corresponding reduction of fuelling journeys will reduce wear and the impact on the environment thus lowering the overall carbon footprint.
About the supplier
Fuel Card Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02107821).