Contract award · 9 Apr 2025

Student Accommodation

University of South Wales awarded “Student Accommodation” to Unite Students Limited for £1.04m on 9 Apr 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHospitality & cateringWales

Value £1.04m

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
University of South Wales · Body governed by public law
Value
£1,042,096
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Hospitality & catering · Hotel accommodation services (CPV 55110000)
Region
Wales
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Apr 2025
  2. Published11 Apr 2025Published 2 days after the contract date

Description

The University of South Wales requires rooms to be secured in support of student recruitment at our Cardiff campus. The requirement is for hall style rooms in Cardiff with a PBSA provider (purpose built student accommodation provider) to secure value rooms for Cardiff students.

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
15 May 2025
Student Accommodation No competition
Unite Students Limited £1.04m

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