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 · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Academia Limited
- Value
- £56,842.11
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 094601-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2026
- Published7 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Direct Award using the Software License Reseller & Consultancy Services (SLRA) ITS4052 SU framework, Lot 4 Commercial Off The Shelf Software (COTS) as per the framework guidelines.
About the supplier
Academia Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).