Contract award · 22 Sep 2025

Provision of HOLMES Licences

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey awarded “Provision of HOLMES Licences” to Unisys Ltd for £243k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionSoftware & information systemsSouth East

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Unisys Ltd
Value
£243,307.86
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date22 Sep 2025
  2. Published25 Sep 2025Published 3 days after the contract date

Description

Provision of HOLMES Licences Sussex. This is a national solution with Police Scotland as lead force

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