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
- Canterbury Christ Church University · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Academia Limited
- Value
- £677,806
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Special education services (CPV 80340000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 051772-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Sep 2025
- Published2 Jun 2026Published 274 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of IT software to capture and record student learning journey records.
About the supplier
Academia Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).