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Published 3 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Payments Platform · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline Not published

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A unified global payments platform covering all student UK and International tuition transactions, online store purchases, print credit top ups, library fees, subsidiary company payments, agent platform, with existing direct integrations to student record systems and online registration.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
48442000 Financial systems software package

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT
Last source update
24 Mar 2026, 16:10 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026980
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066159 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

24 Mar 2026 → 2 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published216 days ago
    24 Mar 2026, 16:10 GMT
  2. Standstill ends207 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    3 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    24 Mar 2026, 13:29 GMT
    UK6
  3. Procurement termination notice published
    24 Mar 2026, 16:10 GMT
    UK12
  4. Contract signature expected
    6 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Flywire Payments Ltd6 Apr 2026 – 6 Apr 2031£242,0003 Mar 2026CancelledThis procurement termination notice published in order to correct errors in contract signature date in original UK6 contract award notice.

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
  • FLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07677601GB-PPON: PRCB-4568-DYLW 6th Floor 9 Appold Street, London, London, EC2A 2APContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure