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
- Aston University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Online Education Services SME
- Value
- £230,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Higher education services (CPV 80300000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 037811-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Dec 2023
- Published22 Dec 2023Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
This is a services contract for the provision of online educational services at graduate and post graduate level. These services include acting as a college of Aston University by: - Creating and adapting Aston University materials in order to ensure that they are appropriate for online teaching; - Delivering online teaching in respect of courses from undergraduate to doctorate level; - Marketing the courses to prospective students; - Providing an admissions service; and - Providing student support services.
About the supplier
Online Education Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10942893).