Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Open University(the) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Academia Limited
- Value
- £416,999.27
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Sep 2026
- Published6 Oct 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Experian's Data Quality Enterprise Licence is an existing software used for Address Validation Services. The contract is a direct award to Academia Limited as a software reseller under the Procurement Services Software Products and Associated Services Y23065 framework. This contract is for the renewal of the Licence for a 2 year period and includes an upgrade to the Hosted Address Validation service and a 6 month Aperture Adoption Licence. The value for the 2 year term is £416,999.27 (inc VAT).
About the supplier
Academia Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).