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
- Coventry University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- XVR Simulation B.V
- Value
- £128,360.29
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 060034-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2026
- Published25 Jun 2026Published 99 days after the contract date
Description
CUE have a legally binding exclusive rights agreement to resell XVR software and services in South East Asia. The contract dictates that CUE as lead partner invoice the end user client for the total amount and XVR then invoice CUE for their contracted share.
About the supplier
XVR Simulation B.V: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09110539).