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
- Loughborough University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Worktribe Ltd SME
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 034873-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Nov 2023
- Published24 Nov 2023Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Supply and implementation of a Research Management System to support end-to-end application and award processes (from bid development to project closure), comprised of the following products: Pre-award, Post-award, Reporting, and Contracts modules. The University has an ambitious new strategy for Research and Innovation and requires a system solution that will enable us to handle the increasing size and complexity of our research and innovation project portfolio. In pursuit of our strategic aims, the system will transform the way we manage research and innovation projects by, among many other things, streamlining and standardising our processes
About the supplier
Worktribe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04576074).