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
- Bedford Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Bytes Software Services Limited SME
- Value
- £180,068.28
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · License management software package (CPV 48218000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 053489-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 May 2026
- Published5 Jun 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
This award is for a single service provider for the provision and delivery of VMware VCF and vSAN Licensing VMware for a total period of approximately 3 years for Bedford Borough Councils VMware VCF Software. This will support and maintain efficient and effective ICT cloud solutions across the Council. The Council will operate between 350-400 licences during this period.
About the supplier
Bytes Software Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01616977).