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
- Westminster City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Martin Arnold Limited SME
- Value
- £74,718.75
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jan 2025
- Published1 May 2025Published 107 days after the contract date
Description
In directly Awarding a contract to Martin Arnold LLP for the provision of Multi-Disciplinary Services for Torridon House . The contract is planned to commence on 1st May 2025 for a period of 19 months till 31st December 2024, with an option to extend for 24 months. The contract also makes allowance for a further 24 months to cover the defect liability period, which expires in December 2027. The proposed appointment of Martin Arnold Ltd follows Geoffrey Osborne Limited going into administration on the 25th of April 2024, with the Council now seeking to conclude the multi-disciplinary services appointment. At the time of insolvency, the Torridon House scheme was approximately 80% complete, with an original date for practical completion in August 2024. The procurement is a direct award via the Procure Public Framework. The permissions through the framework allow for a direct award without opening for further competition and to that effect WCC is direct awarding to Martin Arnold LLP due t…
About the supplier
Martin Arnold Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08643489).