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
- Cabinet Office · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- The University of Salford
- Value
- £21,589.17
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Administration services (CPV 75100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jul 2025
- Published5 Aug 2025Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
The goal of the proposed project is to explore the problem of email message ranking according to future historical importance and, based on the findings, to develop a proof of- concept system to enable efficient email selection for archiving. The mailboxes will be those for which the Cabinet Office is responsible to provide to The National Archives.
About the supplier
The University of Salford: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000666).