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
- Microsoft Limited
- Value
- £323,313.59
- 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
- South East
- Official notice
- 015993-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Feb 2026
- Published23 Feb 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Enhanced support of the existing support suite of Microsoft products.
About the supplier
Microsoft Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00162429).