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University of Salford Payments Platform V2 Award Notice

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Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 24th, 2026

Summary

The University of Salford has published an award notice for a Payments Platform V2. The contract, valued at £242,000 excluding VAT, has been directly awarded to FLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED for a term of five years.

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This notice details the award of a contract for a unified global payments platform to FLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED by the University of Salford. The contract is valued at £242,000 excluding VAT and will run for five years, commencing on April 8, 2026. The award was made via a direct award procedure, justified by intellectual property and exclusive rights, as other suppliers would be unable to provide necessary error corrections or updates to the software without access to the source code.

This notice serves as an award announcement under the UK's Procurement Act 2023. While it does not impose new direct compliance obligations on external entities, it signifies a significant procurement decision by a public authority. Compliance officers within educational institutions or those involved in financial technology procurement should note the details of this award, particularly the justification for direct award, as it may inform future procurement strategies or audits.

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Award

Payments Platform V2

University of Salford UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-027005

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06732e (view related notices)

Published 24 March 2026, 4:35pm

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Description

A unified global payments platform covering all student UK and International tuition transactions, online store purchases, print credit top ups, library fees, subsidiary company payments, agent platform, with existing direct integrations to student record systems and online registration.

Contract 1

Supplier

FLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED

Contract value

£242,000 excluding VAT
£290,400 including VAT Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

8 April 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

8 April 2026 to 8 April 2031
5 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

Financial systems software package

Contract locations

UKD3 - Greater Manchester

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights

The grounds for direct award is that other suppliers will not have access to the source code of their software and so would be unable to provide error corrections or updates to the software.

Supplier

FLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED

Companies House: 07677601
Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRCB-4568-DYLW 6th Floor 9 Appold Street

London

EC2A 2AP

United Kingdom

Email: rfp.uk@flywire.com

Website: http://www.flywire.com

Region: UKI41 - Hackney and Newham

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1

Contracting authority