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
- University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Burman Recruitment Limited SME
- Value
- £37,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 001307-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Nov 2025
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 58 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of temporary IT Contract Manager
About the supplier
Burman Recruitment Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11517281).