Official UK procurement notice
Advisory and Support Services
Authority: Southampton Solent University (Education)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: South East (UKJ32)
Awarded value£241,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Interpath Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of advice and support to the university's senior management team.
The value of the contract provided is an estimate and not guaranteed and may go up or down depending on performance outcomes.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2025, 13:50 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2025, 14:53 BST
- Authority reference
25/FIN/29- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062923- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059d2eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
- Published justification
Interpath are familiar with the University operations having worked on similar projects in the past and therefore were the logical choice for this project which the University considers to be urgent and commercially confidential.
Review and risk notes
- Risks
Whilst not anticipated, it is unknown at this point in time if a further period of consultancy may be required, therefore contract may be extended but period unknown as yet.
The University considers this project to be commercially sensitive.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 16 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published384 days ago7 Oct 2025, 14:53 BST
- Standstill ends375 days ago16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published18 Sept 2025, 13:50 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published7 Oct 2025, 14:20 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published7 Oct 2025, 14:53 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £241,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interpath Ltd25/FIN/2917 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · up to 31 Jul 2026Extensions: Whilst not anticipated, it is unknown at this point in time if a further period of consultancy may be required, therefore contract may be extended but period unknown as yet. The University considers this project to be commercially sensitive. The University elected to not hold a voluntary standstill period due to the urgency of this project and under PA2023 typically direct awards are exempt from mandatory standstill. However the CDP system does not allow us to enter the backdated dates as insisting on applying the standstill date to this notice from todays date or date in future. This contract was awarded on 25th September 2025 and was signed on 26th September 2025 as was stated in the Transparency notice associated with this award notice. Therefore the dates in this notice are incorrect with regards to contract signature. The contract details notice will follow. · Options: Initial contract value is £48,000 but value may increase to the maximum stated dependant upon project outcomes. | £241,000 | 25 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Interpath Ltd
- Signed
- 26 Sept 2025
- Value
- £241,000
- Period
- 26 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · up to 31 Jul 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- In the event that further assistance is required on this project then the contract may be extended.
- Options
- Should further services be required then additional support days will be purchased.
No agreed KPIs: Value of contract is below threshold for KPI's
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Interpath Limited trading as Interpath AdvisoryAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender