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
- London Metropolitan University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Academia Limited
- Value
- £48,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · E-learning services (CPV 80420000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 095315-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Sep 2026
- Published8 Oct 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Renewal of licences for access to LinkedIn Learning platform
About the supplier
Academia Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).