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
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Administration services (CPV 75100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Feb 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Delivery of the non-exclusive administration of mandatory examinations for Officers in the Merchant Navy and Professional Yachting. The examinations administered on behalf of the MCA as listed: - Officer of the Watch (Yachts less than 3,000gt) - Navigation and Radar. - Officer of the Watch (Yachts less than 3,000gt) - General Ship Knowledge. - Master (Yachts) - Seamanship and Meteorology. - Master (Yachts) - Stability. - Master (Yachts) - Business and Law. - Master (Yachts) - Navigation, ARPA (Automatic Radio Plotting Aid) and Radar Simulator. - Master (Yachts) - Celestial Navigation Master - Operations. - General Science A - - General Science B - Control Engineering - Engineering Knowledge (Motor) - Engineering Knowledge (Steam) - - Engineering Knowledge (General) Additional information: FTS notice published: 2024/S 000-035353 Awarding as a negotiated procedure without prior publication under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015
About the supplier
International Association of Maritime Institutions: every public contract they have won.