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
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Value
- £2,571,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Highways consultancy services (CPV 71311210)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published13 Apr 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
A supplier has been appointed to provide technical support for bus franchising, covering contracting, network and asset activities.
About the supplier
Ernst & Young LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC300001).