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
- Avon Fire Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- SSS Public Safety Limited
- Value
- £5,704,286
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telecommunications system (CPV 32524000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 008159-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Nov 2025
- Published29 Jan 2026Published 80 days after the contract date
Description
Contract for the provision, operation, support and maintenance of a turn-key Fire and Rescue Control room systems, digital telephony and radio communications, infrastructure and support services via the Crown Commercial Services Vertical Application Solutions Framework Blue Light Services Lot (RM6259 Lot 5).
About the supplier
SSS Public Safety Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13052116).