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
- Nottingham Trent University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ex Libris UK Limited
- Value
- £1,199,590.58
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Library software package (CPV 48160000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 083916-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Sep 2026
- Published4 Sep 2026Published the same day
Description
Provision of multiple Library Management systems which include Alma, Primo, Leganto and Rapido. Utilisation of the APUC Library Systems ITS1028AP framework which was awarded to the supplier Ex-Libris following a desktop calculator exercise.
About the supplier
Ex Libris UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03438440).