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
- Department for Business and Trade · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Value
- £166,666.67
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Oct 2025
- Published5 Nov 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has purchased consultancy services to conduct a due diligence review of projects put forward by a grant funding applicant, assessing necessity for funding, potential cost savings, project viability and an overview of value and benefits per project.
About the supplier
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC303525).