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
- The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Virgin Media Business Limited
- Value
- £891,875
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Mobile telephones (CPV 32250000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 020883-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Mar 2026
- Published9 Mar 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award. We are having to combat the price increase of end user devices by purchasing next year's allocation now with a bill and hold at this year's prices
About the supplier
Virgin Media Business Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).