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
- Post Office · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ipsos Mori UK Limted SME
- Value
- £178,000
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Market research services (CPV 79310000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published19 Feb 2026Published 80 days after the contract date
Description
Mystery shopping tender
About the supplier
Ipsos Mori UK Limted: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01640855).