Contract award · 19 Dec 2025

Award Notice for the Provision of Student Accommodation Management Software under Software Licence Resellers Agreement, Lot 4 - Other

University of Chester awarded “Award Notice for the Provision of Student Accommodation Management…” to Academia Ltd for £490k on 19 Dec 2025.

Software & information systemsNorth West

Value £490k
WinnerAcademia Ltd

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Supplier
Academia Ltd
Value
£490,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date19 Dec 2025
  2. Published14 Jan 2026Published 26 days after the contract date

Description

This Award Notice is for the Provision of Student Accommodation Management Software under the SLRA - Framework Agreement for Software Licence Resellers Agreement, Lot 4 - Other OJEU Contract Notice 2020/S 033-078650 This Direct Award follows our review of the SLRA framework Buyers Guide which established that Academia Limited is the first ranked supplier on Lot 4 - Other and that it is compliant under the framework to place a direct award with the 1st ranked supplier who is considered to provide the most economically advantageous offer. Academia will be providing StarRez software. This award is made under the framework Call-Off Terms and Conditions. All values in this Award Notice have been rounded up and are for the full potential contract length including extensions.

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