Official UK procurement notice
Distribution and fulfilment of wildflower seeds
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£117,802published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 May 2023no call for competition
Awarded to Granby Marketing Services Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery and distribution of 200,000 packets of wildflower seeds to schools in England
CPV: Printing and distribution services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 May 2023, 16:10 BST
- Last source update
- 16 May 2023, 16:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013960- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c93fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Urgent requirement to deliver Wildflower seed packets to all state funded primary schools in England to mark His Majesty's Coronation.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £117,8021 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 May 2023
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granby Marketing Services Ltd | £117,802 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013960-2023-1 · Granby Marketing Services Ltd
- Signed
- 9 May 2023
- Value
- £117,802
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Granby Marketing Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.