Contracts Finder notice
Provision of VMware Software Licenses
Authority: National Oceanography Centre
CPV: Software package and information systems (48000000)
Published contract value£95,579Exc. VAT
Contract ends 10 Jan 2028
Awarded to Softcat PLC
Contract starts 18 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is for an award of contract via Lot 3 of the SLRA Framework by direct award, in accordance with the provisions of the framework.
The purchase was for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) licenses.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- 2026PRNOC-1113
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- SO143ZH
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision14 Mar 2026
- Contract starts18 Apr 2026
- Notice published14 Jul 2026
- Contract ends10 Jan 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- National Oceanography CentreContracting authority
- Identifier
- sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/AkWv243D · GB-SRS
Suppliers named on the notice
- Softcat PLCSupplier
- Identifier
- 02174990 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-72c75a99-1483-44d0-bb86-e887ad9c2d86-2026-07-14T08:24:00+01:00
- Published
- 14 Jul 2026
- Latest update
- 14 Jul 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-72c75a99-1483-44d0-bb86-e887ad9c2d86
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-72c75a99-1483-44d0-bb86-e887ad9c2d86-1