Official UK procurement notice
Software Support & Maintenance for Command and Control
Authority: West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is to notify of the award a 6-month contract, from 1 March 2026 - 31st August 2026 to SSS Public Safety Ltd for the provision of urgent continued support and maintenance for the Authority's command and control system, while the implementation of a replacement system takes place.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 09:30 BST
- Authority reference
C5941- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082907- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060d42Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The award of this contract is due to unavoidable delays in the implementation of a replacement command and control system.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Feb 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends260 days ago3 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published50 days ago2 Sept 2026, 09:30 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published23 Jan 2026, 12:23 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 Jan 2026, 12:44 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected4 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Feb 2026, 15:56 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published2 Sept 2026, 09:30 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 23 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSS PUBLIC SAFETY LIMITEDSupport and Maintenance of Command & Control1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026 | £185,000 | 23 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Support and Maintenance of Command & Control · SSS PUBLIC SAFETY LIMITED
- Signed
- 5 Feb 2026
- Value
- £185,000
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £181,459
- Termination
- contractCompleted
No agreed KPIs: The contract value does not require three KPIs to be set. Service Level Standards have been set to include initial response and resolution times for critical, major, minor and Noef software support.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SSS Public Safety LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender