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
- Virgin Media Business Limited
- Value
- £1,391,163
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Hands-free set (CPV 32251100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 062452-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2025
- Published6 Oct 2025Published 137 days after the contract date
Description
Price only further competition via CCS framework Technology Products and associated services LOT 1
About the supplier
Virgin Media Business Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).