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
- British Transport Police Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- PageOne Communications Ltd (t/a Critico) SME
- Value
- £49,620
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Telephone and data transmission services (CPV 64210000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 095374-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2026
- Published8 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
provision of text service 61016 that enables rail passengers, staff, and members of the public to discreetly report a crime, suspicious activity and safeguarding concerns directly to BTP.
About the supplier
PageOne Communications Ltd (t/a Critico): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04560277).