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 & Crime Commissioner for Sussex · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £855,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public utilities · Water distribution and related services (CPV 65100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 086428-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Nov 2025
- Published30 Dec 2025Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is for the Provision of Water and Ancillary Services, which has been undertaken as an eAuction against the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework Ref: RM6306 Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services - Lot 3 - One Stop Shop. Crown Commercial Services ran the Procurement.
About the supplier
Scottish Water Business Stream Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC294924).