PPE1001674 Direct Award for the Purchase of Firefly boats for sailing club
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Ovington Boats Ltd
- Value
- £61,146
- Topic
- Pleasure and sporting boats
- Published
- 19 September 2025
Tender description
PPE1001674 Direct Award for the Purchase of Firefly boats for sailing club. Internal Procurement Policy Exception (PPE) Form completed. Lot 1: PPE1001674 Direct Award for the Purchase of Firefly boats for sailing club. Firefly boats for sailing club to compete at BUCS competitions, representing University. This is the only UK supplier of these boats and they are made to a specific spec for competitions.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date8 July 2024
- Completed: Award published19 September 2025Current notice
About the buyer
University of Glasgow buys as a higher education institution, run by its own Procurement Office at Tay House. Every tender is advertised and submitted through the Public Contracts Scotland portal, with no paper submissions accepted. Purchasing follows the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges runs sector-wide frameworks for the Scottish higher education sector that the university draws on. Colleges hold delegated authority for smaller purchases below a set threshold. Selective Travel Management is the approved supplier for the university's travel and conferencing needs.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Glasgow's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, business services and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 34522000 · Pleasure and sporting boats
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov |
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