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Published 11 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning renewal

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£1,163,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to UNIT4 Business Software Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renewal of the University's Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning system.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
48000000 Software package and information systems

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
11 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 11:52 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093266
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f837 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

The grounds for direct award is that other suppliers will not have access to the source code of their software and so would be unable to provide error corrections or updates to the software.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Sept 2026 → 2 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends33 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published25 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 11:52 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 14:38 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 11:52 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,163,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Sept 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UNIT4 Business Software Limited1 Oct 2026 – 1 Oct 2031£1,163,00011 Sept 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · UNIT4 Business Software Limited

    Signed
    29 Sept 2026
    Value
    £1,163,000
    Period
    1 Oct 2026 – 1 Oct 2031
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Contract value below £5m.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Salford

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: RC000666 · GB-PPON: PDHR-3751-QPQR 43 The Crescent, Salford, North West, M5 4WTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UNIT4 BUSINESS SOFTWARE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01737985GB-PPON: PVRP-7679-QVJG C/O Corporation Service Company (Uk) Limited, London, London, E14 5HUContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender