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 the West of Scotland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Flywire Payments Ltd
- Value
- £210,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · International payment transfer services (CPV 66115000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 073353-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jul 2026
- Published3 Aug 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition Justification for selected award procedure: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive Explanation: Due to technical limitations associated with the design and development of the platform in the UWS environment, it is UWS’ belief that at the current time that only one supplier can meet the requirements. Given that UWS is upgrading a number of core systems at this time, it is determined that the critical nature of the customer-facing fee payment and online retail solutions should be retained as the other vital upgrades progress, any change in the service provision and is highly likely to (i) cause a significant amount of disruption; (ii) incur significant additional cost for UWS, and (iii) negatively stretch timelines for project delivery. As such, UWS is publishing this voluntary ex-ante notice on Public Contracts Scotland to ensure compliance with procurement regulations and the conti…
About the supplier
Flywire Payments Ltd: every public contract they have won.