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
- Dell Corporation Limited
- Value
- £416,665
- 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
- 052334-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2026
- Published3 Jun 2026Published 33 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of replacement storage infrastructure, including the supply, installation, configuration, and support of enterprise storage systems to meet organisational capacity, performance, and resilience requirements.
About the supplier
Dell Corporation Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02081369).