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
- Nottingham Trent University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Academia Ltd
- Value
- £1,179,843.18
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 015055-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2026
- Published19 Feb 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Cloud-based software platform designed for higher education institutions to manage the entire lifecycle of research projects, from proposal development and costing to post-award management, contracts, and output tracking.
About the supplier
Academia Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).