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
- Department for Work and Pensions · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- University of Warwick
- Value
- £495,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 093740-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 May 2023
- Published5 Oct 2026Published 1239 days after the contract date
Description
The Department for Education (DfE), via the Unit for Future Skills, commissioned the University of Warwick to develop a UK-wide skills taxonomy covering skills, qualifications, and occupations with links between them. The goal is a single authoritative framework to improve labour market analysis across government, academia, and employers.<br/>This contract was procured by Department for Education and transferred to Department for Work and Pensions in under Machinery of Government change in Spring 2026 .
About the supplier
University of Warwick: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000678).