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
- Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP
- Value
- £160,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Business services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Feb 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published 46 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award for Project Legal Advice
About the supplier
Addleshaw Goddard LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04673315).