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
- Certas Energy SME
- Value
- £3,400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Diesel fuel (CPV 09134200)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 023048-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Feb 2026
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 16 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of liquid fuels at the Customer's premises - Via Crown Commercial Services National Fuels 3 Framework (RM6305) - Lot 1I / 1J. Additional information: The process was run by CCS via an eAuction on behalf of the Surrey and Sussex Buying Group, comprising fire, local and police authorities across the three South East counties.
About the supplier
Certas Energy: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04168225).