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
- Jisc · National Education and Research Network Provider
- Supplier
- Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Value
- £9,863,838.77
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 030963-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 May 2025
- Published9 Jun 2025Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the ordering of Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription for any participating institutions listed in Section VI. The agreement includes the waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023.
About the supplier
Oracle Corporation UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01782505).