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
- Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- XPS Administration limited
- Value
- £3,788,800
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Pension fund administration services (CPV 66523100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 013383-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jan 2026
- Published13 Feb 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
To provide a locally based serving and retired police officer pensions administration service.
About the supplier
XPS Administration limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09428346).