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 Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Gladstone MRM Ltd SME
- Value
- £163,364
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 091576-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Aug 2026
- Published28 Sep 2026Published 31 days after the contract date
Description
This is a direct award via a framework - GCloud 14. This provides a fully compliant route to market. The supplier has been selected using the GCloud 14 buying process. The software will provide effective management and operation of our sports and leisure facilities and related services. This system supports our operations, bookings, memberships, payments and customer engagement and be compatible with our existing hardware.
About the supplier
Gladstone MRM Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01548633).