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
- London South Bank University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Unit4 Business Software Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- 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
- London
- Official notice
- 039820-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2024
- Published10 Dec 2024Published the same day
Description
The U4ERP (Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning) application is the system used by the entire university for the management of its finances. The application is essential IT application as it provides accounting functionality which enables budget allocation and financial management across the whole university. It is also the system that manages the Procure to Pay process; Sales invoicing; Accounts Payable and Receivable, Fixed asset accounting; MTD submission application; VAT; management and financial reporting and interfaces with other key university systems e.g. student records system, accommodation system and payroll system. Included in the contract is also e-invoicing functionality, support and maintenance and hosting in Unit4’s cloud.
About the supplier
Unit4 Business Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01737985).