Official UK procurement notice
Leisure Management Software — UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: South East (UKJ31)
Awarded value£163,364published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Gladstone MRM Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University has awarded a contract for the provision of software for our Leisure Management System, this is to support the effective management and operation of our sports and leisure facilities and related services. This system supports our operations, bookings, memberships, payments and customer engagement. The system must work with our current hardware.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a direct award via a framework - GCloud 14Awarded
This is a direct award via a framework - GCloud 14. This provides a fully compliant route to market. The supplier has been selected using the GCloud 14 buying process.
The software will provide effective management and operation of our sports and leisure facilities and related services. This system supports our operations, bookings, memberships, payments and customer engagement and be compatible with our existing hardware.
- Extensions
- Option to extend for an additional 1+1 (years 3 and 4) Giving a total possible contract value over 4 years of £324,248 excluding vat
48000000 Software package and information systems
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
25-591- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077bd6
- Why no open competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
- This procurement was carried under Crown Commercial Services CCS GCloud 14 framework. This supplier was selected as the most appropriate supplier in accordance with the Crown Commercial Services - CCS GCloud buying process/searches.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £163,3641 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone MRM LimitedSMELeisure Management System | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Leisure Management System · Gladstone MRM LimitedSME
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2026
- Value
- £163,364
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- University of PortsmouthReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Gladstone MRM LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.