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
- De Montfort University · Higher Education
- Supplier
- Academia Ltd
- Value
- £650,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 006597-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2026
- Published26 Jan 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Standardised genuine Apple products in a Call-Off basis to address the University's requirements.
About the supplier
Academia Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).