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
- VISAV Limited SME
- Value
- £74,022
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 034986-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jun 2025
- Published25 Jun 2025Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award Provision of the 'In the Know' community messaging system used by both Surrey Police and Sussex Police for the purposes of community engagement
About the supplier
VISAV Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04511143).