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
- Gateshead College · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- EDF Energy Customers PLC
- Value
- £1,310,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct award from framework agreement
- Sector
- Public utilities · Electricity distribution and related services (CPV 65300000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Mar 2025
- Published14 Apr 2025Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
This contract is for the supply of electricity to Gateshead College's Skills Academy for Construction, and Skills Academy for Automotive and Engineering. It was awarded as a direct award under the NEPO301 framework agreement, which is a sole supplier framework. This NEPO framework agreement was let under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
About the supplier
EDF Energy Customers PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02228297).