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 Bedfordshire · University
- Supplier
- Tribal Group plc
- Value
- £1,052,655
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · License management software development services (CPV 72212218)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 081944-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Nov 2025
- Published11 Dec 2025Published 16 days after the contract date
Description
Software Licensing services. Procured as a direct award via the APUC frameworkITS1050 AP Student Information Management Systems and Associated Services
About the supplier
Tribal Group plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04128850).