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 Derby · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Silktide Limited SME
- Value
- £1,117,000
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jan 2025
- Published13 Aug 2025Published 194 days after the contract date
Description
Silktide has been chosen as the university's accessibility monitoring tool. It provides an ongoing solution to meet our legal obligation of maintaining an accessible website. The software offers an affordable and effective way to ensure compliance with accessibility standards, automatically scanning and testing any changes or new pages as they are created. This allows the digital team to focus on building new content, rather than manually checking and approving other team members' work.
About the supplier
Silktide Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04242422).