Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 6 Aug 2026, 12:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tableau Licences · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Coventry University (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£372,444published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Billigence Europe Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a three plus one year renewal for Tableau which is the data visualisation platform for the University Group's business intelligence service. The renewal for 1,000x viewer licenses to enable end users to access interactive dashboards on Tableau Cloud and 35x creator licenses which are used for dashboard design and data analysis within the Strategic Planning and Insight Office (SPIO).

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: West Midlands

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
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Aug 2026, 12:15 BST
Last source update
6 Aug 2026, 12:15 BST
Authority reference
FRAM-1922-26-TH
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074663
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd8b Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Published justification

This supplier was selected using the G-cloud 14 Framework search, this was the only supplier returned in the search. This is a compliant PCR2015 framework. After intensive negotiation, significant discounts for both the viewer (37%) and creator (18%) elements were provided making the provided contract highly competitive and representing value for money.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £372,4441 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Billigence Europe Limited£372,444 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Priory Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV15FBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Billigence Europe LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07939811 2nd Floor 168 Shoreditch High Street, LONDON, UK, E1 6RA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.