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 Govern by Pubic Law
- Supplier
- KHIPU Networks Ltd
- Value
- £611,533.58
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 052257-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Mar 2026
- Published3 Jun 2026Published 71 days after the contract date
Description
Palo Alto 5420 Datacentre Firewalls
About the supplier
KHIPU Networks Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05218573).