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
- Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Axon Public Safety UK Limited
- Value
- £1,000,000
- 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
- 083495-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Dec 2025
- Published16 Dec 2025Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award via the below Home Office framework for the provision of Conducted energy devices and consumables: C23688: National Framework Agreement for the Supply of Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) and Associated Equipment Direct award justification: Only one supplier who is authorised to supply such devices in the UK
About the supplier
Axon Public Safety UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07390059).