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 · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- David Horn Communications Ltd SME
- Value
- £127,599.38
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Systems support services (CPV 72253200)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 095952-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Oct 2026
- Published12 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
procurement process through G-Cloud 14 framework
About the supplier
David Horn Communications Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01916932).