Managed Email Delivery Platform

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF DERBY (Education)

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£240,000published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

Award (standstill) to Quba Digital Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A fully managed, compliant email delivery service. It ensures reliable and secure large-scale sending of marketing communications to prospective students, applicants, and event attendees.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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: 21 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
Last source update: 21 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
Authority reference: PROC GC DISP 1565N
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-005477
Latest notice: Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-060b8b Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Currently integrated with Dynamics CRM

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 21 Jan 2026

Transparency notice published
21 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
UK5
Contract signature expected
22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value £240,0001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Quba Digital Limited23 Jan 2026 – 30 Nov 2029	£240,000	—	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 03079282 · GB-PPON: PBVB-7935-WGYQ Kedleston Road, Derby, East Midlands, DE22 1GBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

QUBA DIGITAL LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04038459GB-PPON: PMBH-5818-PJCM 38 Carver Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 4FSContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender21 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT