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 Humberside · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Quadient UK Limited
- Value
- £13,047.96
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Post-office equipment (CPV 30130000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 081900-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Nov 2025
- Published11 Dec 2025Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
The procurement was a call off from the CCS framework RM6280. The procurement was for one franking machine to be based at Humberside Police HQ for the franking of first class, second class and recorder delivery mail. The machine is to be leased and maintained throughout the length of the agreement (36 months).
About the supplier
Quadient UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02658324).