Official UK procurement notice
ECC054 - Professional Witness Service
Authority: Middlesbrough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North East (UKC12)
Awarded value£125,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Safer Communities Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of the ECS Growth Fund, the Mayor has requested the use of the Professional Witness Service across Middlesbrough in crime & ASB hotspot locations where residents are simply too fearful to report issues.
The awarded supplier provides a specialist service and all staff are ex police surveillance officers and are the only organisation across the Tees Valley that provide this type of service.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
75000000 Administration, defence and social security services98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Oct 2026, 10:01 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 10:01 BST
- Authority reference
ECC054- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093649- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078065Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £125,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safer Communities LimitedSMEVCSE | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Safer Communities LimitedSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2026
- Value
- £125,000
- Period
- 8 Sept 2026 — 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published5 Oct 2026, 10:01 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SAFER COMMUNITIES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender