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
- Bloom Procurement Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jul 2025
- Published7 Jul 2026Published 341 days after the contract date
Description
This contract was procured via the Specialist Professional Services ("NEPRO³) framework to support the National Lottery Community Fund in procuring services for specialist contracts. Original Contract Details The Contract is for an initial term of 2 years with a value up to £500,000 with the possibility of a further 2 year extension with a value up to £500,000. Amended Details The Contract is for an initial term of 2 years with a value up to £1,500,000 with the possibility of a further 2 year extension with a value up to £500,000. Values are excluding VAT. The original contract notices is here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d248a2aa-24ce-4ac1-98bb-0b646b612b63
About the supplier
Bloom Procurement Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08045123).