Official UK procurement notice
Vape Supplies Spend Solution
Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East of England (UKH32)
Awarded value£45,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Unite Procurement Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of vape supplies through an end-to-end management
service, including:
- a digital buying platform
- management of vape supply chain
- support and management information to help report on spend
CPV: Electronic marketplace retailing 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jun 2025, 15:39 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2025, 15:39 BST
- Authority reference
PS/2025/049- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031319- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05462fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Direct Award carried out under CCS framework Tail Spend Solution - Agreement ID: RM6202
The framework has a direct award option, which can be used
when it's clear that one solution meets the need more than the other.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £45,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 19 May 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unite Procurement Ltd | £45,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031319-2025-1 · Unite Procurement Ltd
- Signed
- 19 May 2025
- Value
- £45,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Unite Procurement UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.