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
- Southampton Solent University · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £252,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Subscription services (CPV 79980000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 020127-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Aug 2024
- Published9 May 2025Published 273 days after the contract date
Description
3 year Licence cover from Copyright Licensing Agency Limited for the Library to provide access to staff and students to be able to make copies etc. of books, magazines, journals, websites, the digital content store and international mandate publishers. This contract has been awarded and this notice is for transparency purposes only.
About the supplier
Copyright Licensing Agency Limited(The): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01690026).