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 Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ryft Pay SME
- Value
- £120,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services (CPV 66170000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 077566-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Aug 2026
- Published14 Aug 2026Published the same day
Description
the University requires an alternative payment processing solution to enable online and point-of-sale payment transactions to be processed through the OpenPlay platform from the planned go-live date. Through Openplay, Ryft has been identified as the payment processor and merchant acquiring provider that is currently integrated with and supported by OpenPlay.
About the supplier
Ryft Pay: every public contract they have won.