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
- London Borough of Lewisham · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Reed Consultancy+ SME
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Health and safety services (CPV 71317200)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Nov 2024
- Published11 Dec 2024Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Lewisham EP Service has developed a short-term and a longer term recruitment and retension strategy to increase permanent staff, sustain the establishment of EPs, and so reduce the reliance on agency (locum) EPs. In academic year 2023-24 the EP Service was carrying 6FTE vacancies and 1.5FTE maternity leave. A recruitment drive in early autumn 2023 has secured 3.5FTE new staff for September 2024. Summer recruitment secured another 1FTE for September 2025. An autumn 2024 campaign intends to secure 2FTE for September 2025.
About the supplier
Reed Consultancy+: every public contract they have won.