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
- The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Red Helix Limited
- Value
- £170,065.92
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 060467-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Sep 2025
- Published29 Sep 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives. Red Helix is the only supplier for this product
About the supplier
Red Helix Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01828804).