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 Sussex(the) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Academia Ltd
- Value
- £347,829
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 009580-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Feb 2026
- Published3 Feb 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The scope of the requirement is for a residential management system - StarRez. StarRez is the software used across Sussex to manage the 5,000+ student tenants living in University managed accommodation
About the supplier
Academia Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).