AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex awarded a below-threshold limited-competition works contract for replacement of a lift at Brighton John Street Police Station to UNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED. The published contract record is active, states it was signed on 24 August 2026, and gives a term to 2 August 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award, covering lot 1, is recorded for UNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED.
Market significanceThis is a single-supplier, below-threshold lift-replacement works requirement valued at £158,246 excluding VAT (£189,649 including VAT).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
UNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 158246 GBP · active
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Verified supplier identity: GB-COH company number 10799302. Award 1 names the supplier and relates to lot 1. The £158,246 net contract value is for contract 1 associated with award 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 24 August 2026
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Contract 1 states dateSigned: 2026-08-24.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£158,246
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Contract 1 value.amount is 158246 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£189,649
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 189649 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceSingle contract linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 references awardID 1; award 1 references lot 1 and one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence26 May 2026
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Award 1 award_date is 2026-05-26.
First published award/contract release
98% confidence3 June 2026
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Release history records notice 052245-2026 on 2026-06-03.
Contract start date
99% confidence24 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-08-24.
Contract end date
99% confidence2 August 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-08-02.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract document 096839-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-14.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceReplacement and associated works to replace a lift at Brighton John Street Police Station
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Published tender title and description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "works".
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 45210000 — Building construction work
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Award item 1 additional classification.
Delivery region
96% confidenceUKJ2, United Kingdom
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Award item delivery address is region UKJ2.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Tender procurementMethod is "limited".
Method detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states this explicitly.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation details unknown
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CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence24 August 2026 to 2 August 2027
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Contract 1 period start and end dates.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceSingle-supplier works contract for a defined lift replacement requirement
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One active award and one linked active contract are recorded for lot 1.
Pricing transparency
99% confidencePublished total net and gross contract values; no pricing breakdown is supplied
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Contract value fields provide totals only.
Award rationale
99% confidenceNot published
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No evaluation, scoring, bid comparison or award-rationale data is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier verification
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier identity was matched by company number 10799302 to UNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot record contains only ID and complete status; value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation data
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, scores or evaluation narrative is present.
Contract options
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No extension, variation or renewal-option terms are present.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, tender submissions, evaluation scores, award rationale and pricing breakdown.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension, renewal and variation terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Brighton Lift ReplacementUNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITEDSussex Police and Crime Commissionerlift replacementBrighton John Street Police Stationpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Brighton Lift Replacement contract?
UNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED, verified against Companies House number 10799302.
What is the contract value?
The published value is £158,246 excluding VAT and £189,649 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published term runs from 24 August 2026 to 2 August 2027.
How was the procurement run?
It was recorded as below-threshold limited competition.
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