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
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Blackbaud Europe Ltd
- Value
- £85,692
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Customer Relation Management software package (CPV 48445000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 027253-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Feb 2026
- Published25 Mar 2026Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
CRM SaaS. Additional information: This was a direct award Call off Contract with the top ranked supplier on APUC Framework ITS1054 AP - Alumni & Fundraising CRM
About the supplier
Blackbaud Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won.