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 and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- DTech International Ltd SME
- Value
- £46,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Police equipment (CPV 35200000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 077374-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Oct 2025
- Published26 Nov 2025Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
Drug wipes for roadside drugs testing
About the supplier
DTech International Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04436097).