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
- Unit4 Business Software Limited SME
- Value
- £71,622
- 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
- North East
- Official notice
- 011582-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Mar 2025
- Published27 Mar 2025Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
UNIT4 is the primary finance system for the University, used for raising purchase orders, paying invoices, authorizing expenses and so on. This contract is for support and maintenance of our UNIT4 system.
About the supplier
Unit4 Business Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01737985).