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Provision of Studiosity Services Agreement

Buyer: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY →

BuyerDE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published5 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Studiosity is an online academic support system developed to assist students in their studies by providing 24/7 on-demand assistance across multiple subjects and skills. These services to students include writing feedback, live chat support and peer mentoring.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleDMU is utilising Schedule 5 paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 in respect of this direct award which states; "due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works." We have not be able to identify alternative options in the market which could meet our specific needs like Studiosity.
Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Provision of Studiosity

Statusactive
Value£1,196,390

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058cb5
Latest release ID054152-2025
Latest release timestampFri Sep 05 2025 09:07:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Sept 2025award, contract054152-2025
22 Aug 2025award, contract050806-2025
22 Aug 2025award, contract050801-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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22 Aug 2025 · 050801-2025 · award, contract
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