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
- Crown Prosecution Service · Public authority – central government
- Supplier
- Marten Walsh Cherer Limited SME
- Value
- £556,143
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Typing, word-processing and desktop publishing services (CPV 79550000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 077802-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jun 2026
- Published14 Aug 2026Published 60 days after the contract date
Description
The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing.
About the supplier
Marten Walsh Cherer Limited: every public contract they have won.