Student Accommodation System · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Kingston University (Education)

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£246,601published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to StarRez

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The RMS Mercury software product is used at Kingston University for the management of Student accommodation services.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Eligibility: SME eligible

48000000 Software package and information systems

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: 13 May 2025, 12:57 BST
Last source update: 10 Jun 2025, 13:22 BST
Authority reference: CPU-23-KU-ST-885-TE-2025
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-031254
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0511ee Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification: Migration of the Mercury accommodation system Software to the new parent company StarRez, this Software has been in use at Kingston University since 2003 and is integrated with major student records systems

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

27 May 2025 → 10 Jun 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published
10 Jun 2025, 13:22 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2025

Transparency notice published
13 May 2025, 12:57 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
15 May 2025, 12:27 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
30 May 2025, 00:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
10 Jun 2025, 13:22 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £246,6011 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 3 Jun 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
StarRez30 May 2025 – 31 May 2030Options: To cover upgrades, extensions, developments to purchased software	£246,601	15 May 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Student Accommodation System · StarRez
Signed
3 Jun 2025
Value
£246,601
Period
3 Jun 2025 – 3 Jun 2030
Status
active
Options
To cover upgrades, extensions, developments to purchased software

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kingston University Higher Education Corporation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-UKPRN: 10003678 Holmwood House Grove Crescent, Kingston upon Thames, London, KT1 2EEContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

StarRez LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 10646439 19-25 Birchin Lane, London, London, EC3V9DUContact email, phone
StarRez LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PPVJ-6788-VNDW 19-25 Birchin Lane, London, London, EC3V 9DU Contact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender10 Jun 2025, 13:22 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender15 May 2025, 12:27 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender13 May 2025, 12:57 BST