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
- Supplier
- Somerville Fitout Ltd SME
- Value
- £135,591.73
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Sector
- Construction work · Building completion work (CPV 45400000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Feb 2026
- Published27 Jul 2026Published 167 days after the contract date
Description
This report sets out the justification, evaluation findings, and compliance basis for awarding the WP127 Belfast Office Extension contract to Somerville Fitout Ltd via a regulated below threshold direct award under Part 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) This procurement was not a call-off from a framework agreement. The RM6088 framework was attempted but exhausted, so the report recommends a below-threshold direct award under Part 6 of the Procurement Act 2023.)
About the supplier
Somerville Fitout Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company NI629724).