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
- Devon County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bird & Bird LLP
- Value
- £600,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Sep 2026
- Published16 Oct 2026Published 44 days after the contract date
Description
Devon County Council has procured the provision of legal support to the procurement for the provision of highway maintenance services for Devon County Council. This has been conducted as a direct award from Lot 1a: Full-Service Provision- England and Wales of the Government Commercial Agency's RM6240 Public Sector Legal Service Framework.
About the supplier
Bird & Bird LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC340318).