Contract award · 26 Sep 2025

Holmes Investigation application

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime awarded “Holmes Investigation application” to Unisys Ltd for £2.04m on 26 Sep 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTelecoms equipmentNorth East

Value £2.04m
WinnerUnisys Ltd

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Unisys Ltd
Value
£2,042,826
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Telecoms equipment · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (CPV 32000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date26 Sep 2025
  2. Published9 Mar 2026Published 164 days after the contract date

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