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
- Heriot-Watt University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Academia Limited
- Value
- £217,800
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 011323-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jan 2025
- Published26 Mar 2025Published 64 days after the contract date
Description
Cyber Security Operations Centre Service provision. Additional information: Direct Award to Service provider - Academia utilising the ITS4042SU (SLRA) Framework for the supply of Software and/or Services under Lot 5 (other)
About the supplier
Academia Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).