Official UK procurement notice
GDPR Preference System (Cassie)
Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ12)
Awarded value£481,739published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Syrenis Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect award for the renewal of licenses for the GDPR Preference software 'Cassie'.
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
- 7 Nov 2025, 17:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2026, 11:28 BST
- Authority reference
OUPA10540- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-032262- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dd30Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-
(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Dec 2025 → 9 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends321 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published196 days ago9 Apr 2026, 11:28 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published7 Nov 2025, 17:56 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Nov 2025, 12:55 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected6 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Apr 2026, 11:28 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £481,7391 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrenis Ltd7 Dec 2025 – 5 Dec 2028 · up to 5 Dec 2030Extensions: Option to extend software licenses for up to maximum of an additional 2 years. The estimated value of the additional extension option is anticipated to be circa £387,490 ex VAT / £464,991 inc VAT | £481,739 | 7 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
GDPR Preference System (Cassie) · Syrenis Ltd
- Signed
- 30 Nov 2025
- Value
- £481,739
- Period
- 7 Dec 2025 – 5 Dec 2028 · up to 5 Dec 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Option to extend software licenses for up to maximum of an additional 2 years. The estimated value of the additional extension option is anticipated to be circa £387,490 ex VAT / £464,991 inc VAT
3 agreed KPIs: Service uptime except maintenance windows · RPO of 4 hours to be maintained · Incident and Requests: First time fix
- Service uptime except maintenance windows
- RPO of 4 hours to be maintained
- Incident and Requests: First time fix
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- SYRENIS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Syrenis LtdAwarded 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