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
- Coventry City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Gem precast SME
- Value
- £56,151
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Funeral and related services (CPV 98370000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jan 2025
- Published14 Feb 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
Concrete chambers are supplied for burials for the muslin community as this is their religious requirement not to have earth on the coffin while facing Mecca,
About the supplier
Gem precast: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10045687).