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UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Merlin Licence

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£167k
Awarded27 Mar 2026
Published31 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£167ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Software & IT Systems band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Merlin system software relays fire, lift, and Intrusion alarm signals from each building to the main security lodge.

This alerts Security to the activation of alarms for investigation and is, as such, a significant part of the life-safe system on Campus.

It must be serviceable and compatible with existing software systems at the University.

This is a variation to include phone network coverage to the system as a safeguarding measure.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

It must be serviceable and compatible

It must be serviceable and compatible with existing software systems at the University.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Safeguarding policyPolicies & commitments
This is a variation to include phone network coverage to the system as a safeguarding measure.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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