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
- Acquia Inc
- Value
- £999,866
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 031422-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 May 2025
- Published11 Jun 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of design, build and deliver a new University website ecosystem and supporting operating model.
About the supplier
Acquia Inc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07499149).