Official UK procurement notice
CRM & Marketing Cloud Renewal
Authority: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University has a requirement to renew our Salesforce CRM and Marketing Cloud contract for another three years. Covering CRM (Customer Community, Partner Community, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud) & Marketing Cloud (Audiences, Contacts Corporate edition, Business Units, Professional Contacts, SMS Messages and SSL Certificates)
CPV: Sales or marketing software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Salesforce is the University's strategic core CRM and Marketing Cloud system which is…Awarded
Salesforce is the University's strategic core CRM and Marketing Cloud system which is a strategic platform for the University.
The University has a requirement to renew our Salesforce CRM and Marketing Cloud contract for another three years. Covering CRM (Customer Community, Partner Community, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud) & Marketing Cloud (Audiences, Contacts Corporate edition, Business Units, Professional Contacts, SMS Messages and SSL Certificates)
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 29 May 2026, 15:59 BST
- Last source update
- 29 May 2026, 15:59 BST
- Authority reference
25-622- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050977- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a939Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Direct Award call off under Software License Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services Framework OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e549
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Ltd | £1,419,464 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 050977-2026-1 · Academia Ltd
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2026
- Value
- £1,419,464
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Academia LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.