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
- UK Shared Business Services Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Verian Group UK Ltd
- Value
- £44,675.50
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Oct 2025
- Published18 Nov 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement has been concluded following a direct award on the New Behavioural Insights Call-off Framework - RAF067/2324. Department For Energy Security & Net Zero had a requirement for Smart-contingent communication testing' social research.
About the supplier
Verian Group UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13663077).