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
- Tees Valley Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Applebridge Construction Ltd SME
- Value
- £99,188.26
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2025
- Published16 Jul 2025Published 132 days after the contract date
Description
Installation of a water connection to a tenant on site. Direct award due to error occurring during original request for quote process. Insufficient time to re run a competitive process, so awarded to supplier already mobilised on site.
About the supplier
Applebridge Construction Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08732701).