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
- South Hampshire College Group · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- One File LTD
- Value
- £211,176
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software supply services (CPV 72268000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 053348-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2026
- Published5 Jun 2026Published 96 days after the contract date
Description
The contract comprises the provision of a cloud-based ePortfolio and apprenticeship management system (OneFile), delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), including associated implementation, configuration, user licensing, training, support and maintenance services. The solution is used to support the management and delivery of apprenticeship programmes across South Hampshire College Group, including learner progress tracking, assessment and evidencing, compliance monitoring, reporting, and integration with existing college systems where required. The contract was awarded via a call-off under the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud framework in accordance with the framework terms and conditions.
About the supplier
One File LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04404879).