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
- Metropolitan Police Service · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Viking Arms Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,922,833
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (CPV 35000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 011300-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Mar 2025
- Published26 Mar 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
A contract for the supply of glock weapons and spare parts for glock weapons
About the supplier
Viking Arms Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00865793).