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
- Lancashire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Oxygen Finance Limited
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct award from 3rd party framework
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services (CPV 66172000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Aug 2026
- Published17 Aug 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of an Early Payment Programme
About the supplier
Oxygen Finance Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05288899).