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 Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Vmware UK Limited
- Value
- £3,441,439.62
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 033131-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Apr 2026
- Published13 Apr 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement of virtualisation management software (VMware) following a negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice for a period of 5 years. Additional information: Please contact Suzanne Toole (suzie.toole@ed.ac.uk) for further information or questions regarding this notice.
About the supplier
Vmware UK Limited: every public contract they have won.