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
- Citizen Housing Group Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- VPS (UK) Limited
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Security services (CPV 79710000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 076595-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published12 Aug 2026Published 134 days after the contract date
Description
The contract has been procured via direct award through the Procurement for Housing (PfH) framework for: Responsive Repairs, lot 5 - Void Property Security Services. This framework was procured under (and is governed by) PCR2015.
About the supplier
VPS (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04028962).