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
- Supplier
- Real Staffing Group Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 72220000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 028730-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Apr 2025
- Published30 May 2025Published 31 days after the contract date
Description
Consultancy services to assist with the implementation of the ERP project for the new Finance, HR and Payroll system. The University engaged Real Staffing, a subsidiary of S Three Partnership in August 2024 to provide specialist consultants to assist with the implementation of it's new ERP system after inviting a number of companies to submit candidates. Anticipated spend at this point was that it would be under the tendering threshold and therefore no notice was published. Additional information: It is anticipated that this project will be completed by the end of September 2025, subject to successful testing.
About the supplier
Real Staffing Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC387148).