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
- Ex Libris UK SME
- Value
- £430,036.11
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Library management services (CPV 79995000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 070699-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jul 2026
- Published27 Jul 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Call off contract from APUC FW ITS1062 AP
About the supplier
Ex Libris UK: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03438440).