Contract award · 6 Jan 2025

COVID19 Pathfinder Cohort 3

Department for International Trade awarded “Pathfinder Cohort 3” to UMi Commercial ltd for £29,667 on 6 Jan 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionBusiness servicesLondon

Value £29,667
WinnerUMi Commercial ltd SME

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Supplier
UMi Commercial ltd SME
Value
£29,667
Procedure
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Sector
Business services · Placement services of office-support personnel (CPV 79612000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date6 Jan 2025
  2. Published13 Jan 2025Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

Stage 3 January 2025-March 2025 DBT to complete comparison of the LA and GB Group summary results to identify the following Groups: Group 1: Grant awards that both checks indicate as eligible - No further checks to be completed Group 2: Grant awards that both checks indicate are ineligible - No further checks to be completed but each grant will need a summary statement prepared to confirm the reason(s) the payment is considered ineligible Group 3: Grant awards where the LA and GB Group disagree on eligibility - all awards to be manually reviewed against information provided by the LA / GB Group and data in the public domain (e.g. Facebook, Trustpilot, google maps, Companies House, etc.) to reach a final indication of eligibility and to recode as either Group 1 or 2. At the end of this exercise no grants can remain in Group

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