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
- London Borough of Merton · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Channel 3 Consulting Ltd
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical analysis or consultancy services (CPV 71621000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Aug 2026
- Published2 Sep 2026Published 26 days after the contract date
Description
Merton Children Lifelong Learning and Families (CLLF) Department is seeking an experienced consultancy to inform children's services transformation and ensure that service change and redesign is built upon local needs, robust financial analysis, our Merton context, national reform requirements and evidence of effective practice. The consultancy partner will support Merton throughout its discovery, mobilisation phases to build a strong investment case for transformation, potentially leading to extended work on design and implementation
About the supplier
Channel 3 Consulting Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06824790).