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 Leeds · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- PA Consulting Services Limited
- Value
- £2,300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Administrative services of agencies (CPV 75120000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 015482-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Mar 2025
- Published16 Apr 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
University of Leeds was awarded a contract by the Department of Health to host the NIHR CRNCC in 2015 which included a contract for IT Services via a third party. Following a change by the The Department of Health and Social Care the University of Leeds was awarded the new NIHR RDN Co-ordinating Centre (RDNCC) from 1 April 2024. As it was not possible to allow for an extension of the IT Services contract as part of the original Department of Health contract nor has it been possible to run a new tender for IT Services, we are extending the original contract with PA Consulting Services Ltd. The IT Services provided are heavily entwined into the service provided by RDNCC and will require careful consideration as to the best option for renewing these services. The extension period of an expected 12 months should provide the appropriate time to finalise these considerations and allow for a smooth transition to a new provider or run a new procurement where relevant. s.32.9 of the Public Con…
About the supplier
PA Consulting Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00414220).