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
- STU3 Ltd SME
- Value
- £233,333.33
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 102909-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Oct 2026
- Published29 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The contract was procured through a direct award under G-Cloud 14 (RM1557.14), Lot 3: Cloud Support.
About the supplier
STU3 Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10714601).