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
- Ebsco International Inc
- Value
- £100,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Library software package (CPV 48160000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 016806-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2026
- Published25 Feb 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
eBooks Aggregator Platform (GOBI)
About the supplier
Ebsco International Inc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company BR011966).