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
- Warwickshire Police · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Family Intervention Counselling Service (FICS) SME
- Value
- £375,000
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Provision of services to the community (CPV 75200000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jun 2025
- Published19 Jun 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire Police has awarded a contract for the continued provision of a domestic abuse perpetrator programme. This was a below threshold direct award under the PCRs 2015 Light Touch Regime. The contract is in place for a period of 12 months with no extension provisions. The funding for this programmes is partly via the PCC and partly via the Home Office. The delay in publishing this notice was due to waiting for confirmation of Home Office grant funding, the contract has been signed in June 2025 although the service provision has continued in place earlier.
About the supplier
Family Intervention Counselling Service (FICS): every public contract they have won.