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
- Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Palantir Technologies UK, Ltd
- Value
- £1,959,996
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 087647-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Aug 2026
- Published16 Sep 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
The contract was awarded by direct award under the Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Service) Back Office Software 2 Framework (RM6285). The framework was established through a competitive procurement process and the call-off contract was awarded in accordance with the framework terms.
About the supplier
Palantir Technologies UK, Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07042994).