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
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Rider Levett Bucknall
- Value
- £11,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 71310000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Nov 2025
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 62 days after the contract date
Description
The Council required the appointment of a Cost Manager Consultant to help develop the RIBA Stage 3 design package and potentially to progress the project through further RIBA stages. Due to the time-critical nature of the funding requirements, the Council made a direct award via the ESPO Framework 2664_22 Lot 1B. The value of the contract for RIBA Stage 3 is £11,000 (exclusive of VAT). Subject to funding being secured, the contract includes the option to extend to subsequent RIBA stages, with a total potential contract value of £120,240 (exclusive of VAT).
About the supplier
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