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
- Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- British Telecommunications PLC
- Value
- £4,389,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Telecommunications network (CPV 32412100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 037040-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Mar 2026
- Published23 Apr 2026Published 38 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Network support services
About the supplier
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01800000).