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
- Elsevier B.V.
- Value
- £54,350.99
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 081299-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Oct 2025
- Published10 Dec 2025Published 40 days after the contract date
Description
Extension of SciVal contract
About the supplier
Elsevier B.V.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 33158992).