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
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Fireblitz Extinguisher Ltd
- Value
- £1,048,884
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Electrical equipment & lighting · Fire-alarm systems (CPV 31625200)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2025
- Published1 Aug 2025Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Greater Manchester Combined Authority on behalf of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service wants to Direct Award via the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service framework Smoke Alarms framework 2025 - 2029 with the aim that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service can direct call off from the WMFRS framework with the successful supplier, highest scoring supplier who can best meet GMFRS's defined criteria
About the supplier
Fireblitz Extinguisher Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06475572).