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
- UK Shared Business Services Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- University of Southampton
- Value
- £19,500.01
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Feb 2025
- Published6 Feb 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
***THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION**** This contract has been awarded following a quotation exercise. Aims and Objectives of the Project The purpose of this procurement is to conduct a study to determine whether it is feasible to develop an indicative sustainability risk to different operational orbit environments. This could then be used to inform stage 1 of the variable liability limit approach or be applied in other policy areas. The consultation set out the following in terms of background on what such an index might cover. 'The intention would be for the study to generate a range of defined orbits, taking into account a number of orbital parameters including orbital altitude, eccentricity and inclination. These resulting defined orbits would then be incorporated into the proposed variable liability limit approach. As part of the orbit sustainability risk categorisation, the study would explore whether it is possible and how to define this risk in terms of orbital population, d…
About the supplier
University of Southampton: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05436927).