Official UK procurement notice
Bulk Purchase of Mobile Phone Handsets
Authority: The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBulk purchase of Mobile phone handsets. Due to the global shortage of RAM.
CPV: Mobile telephones
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Direct awardAwarded
Direct award. We are having to combat the price increase of end user devices by purchasing next year's allocation now with a bill and hold at this year's prices
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020883- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066556Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
We are having to combat the price increase of end user devices by purchasing next year's allocation now with a bill and hold at this year's prices. This is a direct award with Virgin Media as they are our current contracted supplier however due to the value of this purchase is too large for a CCN on the current contract. The direct award under Crown Commercial Service Framework RM6098Technology Products & Associated Services 2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Media Business Ltd | £891,875 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 020883-2026-1 · Virgin Media Business Ltd
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2026
- Value
- £891,875
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Police and Crime Commissioner for SussexReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Virgin Media Business LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.