Provision of Talis Aspire

Official notice

Authority: University of Bedfordshire (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£77,943published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 24 Apr 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Talis Education Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Talis Aspire is an online reading list management system used in higher education to create, manage, and publish course reading lists

CPV: Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

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: Services
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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 16 Jun 2025, 12:04 BST
Last source update: 16 Jun 2025, 12:04 BST
Authority reference: UoB/C CORP - 00000436
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-032543
Classification (CPV): Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-054929 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This service will be a direct award via the APUC framework

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £77,9431 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 24 Apr 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Talis Education Ltd	£77,943 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 032543-2025-1 · Talis Education Ltd
Signed
24 Apr 2025
Value
£77,943
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Bedfordshire

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-UKPRN: University of bedfordshire University Square, Luton, East of England, LU13JUContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Public Procurement Review UnitReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Talis Education LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07196638 Lo, UK, EC1Y 1SP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.