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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · Executive non-departmental public body
- Supplier
- Morgan Hunt
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Business services · Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 May 2026
- Published12 Jun 2026Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
This is a direct award made via framework Strategic HR Services pursuant to the ESPO Framework Agreement (reference 3S-22). The term of the term of the contract is for 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The value of the contract is 400,000 for the intial term, and £100,000 for the extension period.
About the supplier
Morgan Hunt: every public contract they have won.