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
- Desnz
- Supplier
- Frontier Economics Limited SME
- Value
- £45,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award approach
- Sector
- Research & development · Research consultancy services (CPV 73210000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Feb 2025
- Published4 Mar 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Research and Consultancy work to provide two reports that will be used as part of the Capacity Market annual cycle. In particular, the interconnector technical de-rating factors report will be required for the Capacity Market parameter setting procedure in July 2025. The report covering interconnector risks will be cross-cutting and will be used by multiple areas of the department in future interconnector policy-making.
About the supplier
Frontier Economics Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03752719).