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 Cumbria · Education
- Supplier
- Quantum IT Europe Ltd
- Value
- £189,020.46
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2025
- Published6 Feb 2025Published 14 days before the contract date
Description
Total Quantity or Scope inPlace "Network" Health Education England (HEE) have led a collaborative approach involving NHS Trust placement providers and North-West Universities with pre-registration Healthcare provision to establish a common platform to support the effective placement of students and enable all parties to engage in their effective administration. The University are about to go live on this network, and would not be able to join if they did not use inPlace. InPlace - main system InPlace, by Quantum IT, is a cloud system used to manage and allocate placements. Quantum IT are not on any purchasing framework. Since we use inPlace for all types of placements, our own research tells us there are no competitor systems on the market with this coverage and the supplier has confirmed this in writing.
About the supplier
Quantum IT Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07308632).