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
- CPS · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Value
- £48,195
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Research & development · Research consultancy services (CPV 73210000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Jan 2026
- Published3 Feb 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
CPS will be relocating within London as part of the Places for Growth initiative. We are looking for project support, to assist the team (Capital Projects) with setting up the project structures and governance to kick off the work while we are looking to build up an in-house team and potentially have the consultant working on a side-by-side basis for specific specialist roles or stages. Essentially it is to move of 1,800 staff from 102 Petty France in the spring and summer of 2028 before the lease expiry date in December 2028 to two government buildings: Currently proposed are King Charles Street (for our senior staff, their Private Office and HQ staff c 350 people) and 2 Marsham Street (Operations c 1,450 people).
About the supplier
Crown Prosecution Service: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02410626).