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 Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Sthree Partnership LLP
- Value
- £997,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 036605-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Apr 2026
- Published22 Apr 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of Technology, PMO and Business Change services on an individual and project team basis providing professional interim services to the Buyer contracted under a Statement of Work (SoW). There is no guaranteed spend. Additional information: This was awarded via - RM115 G Cloud 14.
About the supplier
Sthree Partnership LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC387148).