Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Sheffield · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £2,939,429.59
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer facilities management services (CPV 72514000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 013347-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Mar 2025
- Published7 Apr 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
The University has identified a supplier for the provision of secure, scalable data storage and hosting services as well as the ability to provide ad hoc services as needed. The selected supplier was awarded through the NHSSBS Digital Workplace Services Framework Agreement.
About the supplier
Softcat PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02174990).