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
- Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Palantir Technologies UK, Ltd.
- Value
- £1,959,996
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 067996-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jul 2026
- Published17 Jul 2026Published the same day
Description
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) polices 620 square miles and serves more than eight million people across one of the world's most dynamic and diverse cities. The MPS spends over £1 billion each year on a diverse range of goods and services, with the aim to procure them in the most cost effective and compliant way, whilst satisfying urgent operational needs. MPS faces significant economic pressures and a budget deficit which must be remediated at pace, alongside delivery of priorities set out in the New Met for London 2 (NMfL2) to drive organisational reform, modernise policing and improve operations. MPS have piloted a capability to drive improvements in our current operating environment and are seeking to continue that capability for the next 12 months. Additional information: The contract was awarded under the Back Office Software 2 Framework (RM6285). The framework was established through a competitive procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 20…
About the supplier
Palantir Technologies UK, Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07042994).