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
- Sheffield Hallam University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Khipu Network SME
- Value
- £271,178.77
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 035226-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2025
- Published25 Jun 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Scope of Requirements Device-Specific Subscriptions & Support 1 Palo Alto Online Support Portal • General Support Coverage (All Devices) • 24x7x365 Support via: Telephone, Email, and Remote Access • Next Business Day (NBD) hardware replacement (where applicable) • Quarterly service reviews • Access to major and minor software updates and content releases 2 PA-5250 (2 units in HA Pair) • 24x7x365 Support • Advanced Threat Prevention Subscription • PAN-DB Advanced URL Filtering Subscription 3 PA-850 (4 units in 2 HA Pairs) • 24x7x365 Support • Global Protect Subscription 4 PA-820 LAB (2 units in HA Pair) • Lab Unit Service Bundle, including: • Advanced Threat Prevention • Advanced DNS Security • PAN-DB Advanced URL Filtering • Global Protect • Advanced WildFire • Advanced SD-WAN • Standard Support 5 Panorama 25 (Central Management) 24x7x365 Support for 25 devices
About the supplier
Khipu Network: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05218573).