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
- Civiteq Limited
- Value
- £96,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 72220000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 101457-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Oct 2026
- Published27 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
The contract was awarded through the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14). A review of suppliers and services available under the framework was undertaken against the Authority's requirements. The selected supplier's service was identified as meeting all mandatory requirements and represented value for money.
About the supplier
Civiteq Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 14551628).