Official UK procurement notice
Whitespace software · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Coventry University (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£72,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Whitespace Ventures Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWhitespace as a core research partner are providing significant upgrades to the tool that was used in the first phase of the research. This is to all the tool to be examined in much greater detail in an operational setting with 12-15 test partners which are all anonymous with no personal data captured or requested. They will also be providing an offline platform that can be used in disconnected environments for secure testing of the language model. They will provide both a web-based tool and an offline application for the university's user testing.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 24 Jul 2026, 14:35 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2026, 14:35 BST
- Authority reference
PA-SC-1881-26-TH- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070358- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d367Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published24 Jul 2026, 14:35 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £72,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitespace Ventures Limited | £72,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Whitespace software · Whitespace Ventures Limited
- Signed
- 27 Feb 2026
- Value
- £72,000
- Period
- 11 Mar 2026 – 10 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Whitespace Ventures LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender