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 Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- ProQuest LLC
- Value
- £200,118.25
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Data supply services (CPV 72319000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 104374-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Nov 2026
- Published3 Nov 2026Published the same day
Description
The University requires the provision of the Proquest Central Premium research database.
About the supplier
ProQuest LLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08520686).