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 Sussex(the) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £1,905,288.84
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 068983-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2026
- Published22 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of Microsoft licenses for Office and other business modules. These licenses are required for UoS to utilise Microsoft 365 and its related business products for staff and students,
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).