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
- University of Cumbria · Education
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Ltd SME
- Value
- £522,385.25
- 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
- North West
- Official notice
- 065662-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Jul 2026
- Published13 Jul 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Microsoft EES Supply and Hosting software. Additional information: Call off from FW agreement SLRA-LOT 1 ITS4052SU
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).