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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £13,834,131
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Local area network (CPV 32410000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 015372-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published19 Feb 2026Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
ICT Managed Services. MFRA requires a Supplier that has relevant expertise to deliver emergency service-specific and/or other risk critical applications.
About the supplier
Telent Technology Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00703317).