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
- Appen UK Ltd
- Value
- £441,864
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Typing services (CPV 79551000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 090820-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2026
- Published25 Sep 2026Published 189 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of typing services for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
About the supplier
Appen UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06647360).