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
- Dell Corporation Ltd
- Value
- £74,307.20
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software maintenance and repair services (CPV 72267000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 047449-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jul 2025
- Published8 Aug 2025Published 9 days after the contract date
Description
VxRail Software 288 cores of VMWare Cloud Foundation 1 year subscription
About the supplier
Dell Corporation Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02081369).