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
- Starfish Search Limited
- Value
- £800,000
- 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 date1 May 2026
- Published12 Jun 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
To support efficiency across the Fund, the Procurement Team is proposing central contracts where there is a correlation in services and where value for money can be achieved. The central contracts will provide: • Compliant routes to market reducing the risk of challenge • Ensure that better rates are provided for by the Supplier including possible rebates should the value through the contract reach a certain amount • Compliance with HR requirements • Reduction in the time to market for the procurement of central contract services • Back-office efficiencies Direct award from ESPO 3S-22 Strategic HR Services Framework. Total Contract term: 12 months + 12 months + 12 months. Total Contract Value: up to and not exceeding 1,000,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). Initial 12-month Term Value: 800,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). Optional 12-month Extension 1 Value: 100,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). Optional 12-month Extension 2 Value: 100,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT).
About the supplier
Starfish Search Limited: every public contract they have won.