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
- Uniwise Education Solutions Ltd SME
- Value
- £75,555
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Educational software development services (CPV 72212190)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 082627-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Oct 2025
- Published12 Dec 2025Published 49 days after the contract date
Description
The Exams Team use WISEflow software to provide on-line examination across the whole university. The current license expires in November 2025, and we need permission to renew the license so that we can continue to provide excellent service to
About the supplier
Uniwise Education Solutions Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11952373).