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
- University of Gloucestershire · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- OCS Group UK Limited
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Security services (CPV 79710000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 041631-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 May 2026
- Published6 May 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of Managed Security Services across all University of Gloucestershire campuses.
About the supplier
OCS Group UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03056469).