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 Leeds · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Worktribe Ltd SME
- Value
- £533,454
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 008672-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Mar 2024
- Published18 Mar 2024Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The University's externally funded research grant portfolio is currently managed using an in-house developed, highly bespoke SAP application called KRISTAL, which reports via a bespoke SQL database using QlikView. The proposed contract hopes to modernise and simplify the pre and post-award IT applications landscape with a move to a cloud based solution removing complex bespoke legacy systems. Through the proposed SaaS system the University's Research and Innovation will implement improvements to the research administration systems and processes currently in place at the University of Leeds. Improving efficiency and sustainability by being able to better track the entire research life cycle and ensure that as much of the cost of research is recovered as possible. Additional information: The proposed contract is for the University to enter a contract with the selected Research Management System for 4 years.
About the supplier
Worktribe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04576074).