Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Aston University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- MTI Technology Ltd
- Value
- £1,187,068.05
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Database and operating software package (CPV 48600000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2026
- Published31 Mar 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
VMware licenses provide the virtual infrastructure (private cloud) for the whole University and the most advantageous licence for the scale the University uses is the Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) and is priced based the number of devices to be covered (processor cores). The University has held this type of licence since 2016 and covers numerous VMware products used across the University: 1) vSphere Enterprise (Virtualisation Software, including compute and storage) 2) VMware Horizon Test platform (Virtual Desktop and application software) - increased licences 3) VMware vRealize Operations (management software) 4) Consultancy and Training Credits The current ELA ends on the 27th April 2026 and needs to be renewed otherwise the University digital systems will stop working and be unsupported. This virtualisation software is a critical service used by the University and runs all of the campus-based systems, including: 1) General Virtual/Cloud environment on campus a. Infrastructure …
About the supplier
MTI Technology Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC112019).