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 Gloucestershire · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Ltd SME
- Value
- £180,735.68
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 096629-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
Direct award to Phoenix Software Ltd who are the top ranked supplier on Lot 3 SUPC Software License Reseller & Consultancy Services framework ITS4052.
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).