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
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Econ Engineering Limited
- Value
- £192,864
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Winter-maintenance vehicles (CPV 34143000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Sep 2026
- Published2 Oct 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Each year we hire 5 x 26t and 2 x 18t gritters to complete the councils legal gritting obligations.
About the supplier
Econ Engineering Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00644062).