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
- Wolverhampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- John (A) Bates (Contractors) Limited SME
- Value
- £580,787.90
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads (CPV 45233000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Sep 2025
- Published29 Oct 2025Published 40 days after the contract date
Description
City of Wolverhampton Council (CWC) have a regular requirement for carriageway resurfacing works to ensure that Council highways are maintained and kept in a good condition. Due to the restrictive nature of the market, CWC intends to award a number of schemes via the regional framework put in place by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC)
About the supplier
John (A) Bates (Contractors) Limited: every public contract they have won.