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
- Academia Limited
- Value
- £495,900
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 72210000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 002821-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Nov 2025
- Published13 Jan 2026Published 49 days after the contract date
Description
The scope of this project encompasses the design and implementation of a comprehensive enterprise grade vulnerability management solution that enhances the University's ability to identify assets, identify, prioritise and remediate security vulnerabilities. A key component of this solution is the identification, prioritisation and reporting of vulnerabilities through scanning and other detection methods, ensuring that potential security risks are identified across the entire university estate.
About the supplier
Academia Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).