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
- East Sussex County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Virgin Media Business Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Postal and telecommunications services (CPV 64000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 039646-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Apr 2026
- Published30 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
A replacement contract is required to continue to deliver the mobile voice and data services. The renewal of the Council's mobile Phone service used the CCS framework RM6261
About the supplier
Virgin Media Business Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).