T1142 - Finance System 2025 Direct Award
Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
- Published
- 21 May 2025
- Place of performance
- UKH3
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 023521-2025
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05017c
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 72211000Programming services of systems and user software
Description
Contract for Unit4 Business Software Limited for the provision of a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning Solution. The proposed contract term is 41 Months + 12 + 12 Months. The current on premise Unit 4 finance software is a business-critical application used by the University and its subsidiaries for the management of their finances. The University considers that the award of the contract is permitted under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023. Section 41 allows contracting authorities to award a public contract to a non excluded supplier directly. Section 41 (5) (d) permits the award of a public contract for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, the time limits for the open or competitive flexible procedures in addition to the integration and implementation services cannot be complied with. Due to Unit4's unforeseeable decision to remove support for the University's on-premises solution after 31st December 2026, the University does not consider that there is sufficient time to implement a new financial system. This would have involved gathering a full set of requirements and specification, conducting market tests, completing a full procurement exercise and integration…
Awards
| Awarded to | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| UNIT4 BUSINESS SOFTWARE LIMITED | — | — |
Official publications
- FTS · 023521-2025 · 21 May 2025
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