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
- Vislink Ltd
- Value
- £59,360
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 060596-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2025
- Published29 Sep 2025Published 213 days after the contract date
Description
Requirement to continue services with provider, having reached out to other Forces there does not appear to be any other suppliers who have been contracted and no alternative route to market to direct award with this provider
About the supplier
Vislink Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10523708).