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 Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Value
- £6,962,567
- 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
- South East
- Official notice
- 074389-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jun 2026
- Published5 Aug 2026Published 54 days after the contract date
Description
Award of contract following a further competition run under the CCS RM6285 Back Office Software 2 Framework (Lot 1) for Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) System software solution for the University of Portsmouth. For a total maximum contract duration of 10 years including all extension and system options. Note the value includes all optional modules and contract extensions available within the procurement process undertaken. Additional information: This was a compliant process completed under the CCS RM6285 Back Office Software 2 Framework (Lot 1)
About the supplier
Oracle Corporation UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01782505).