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, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Communications control system (CPV 32573000)
- Official notice
- 040444-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Apr 2026
- Published1 May 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The Contracting Authority is inviting NEC Software Solutions UK to submit a Proposal for the provision of a resilient Secondary Integrated Communications Control System (ICCS) solution that meets the operational, technical, and service requirements outlined within this Request for Proposal (RFP) at Appendix B.
About the supplier
NEC Software Solutions UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00968498).