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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £1,590,480
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Services furnished by professional organisations (CPV 98112000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 085221-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Dec 2025
- Published22 Dec 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Defence Business Services (DBS) use the Disclosure & Barring Service (D&BS) to request Criminal Record Checks on Civilians and Crown Servants in England and Wales who are likely to work with children and/or vulnerable adults. There are four levels of D&BS checks, dependant on requirement of role, these include Basic Check, Standard Check, Enhanced Check, Enhanced with Barred Lists check. There are approximately 16,000 checks requested per year. The initial period of the contract will be 36 months with an optional 12 months if required as per CCS RM 1557.14 The project duration is from 03 December 2025 - 02 December 2028
About the supplier
Complete Background Screening Ltd: every public contract they have won.