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 Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Mitie Security Limited
- Value
- £3,715,655.38
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Security services (CPV 79710000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 043115-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Apr 2026
- Published11 May 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award from the CCS Security - Physical, Technical and Support Services - Lot 1 - Total Security
About the supplier
Mitie Security Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01013210).