Official UK procurement notice
002352 - Sunderland Datacentre Rental and Power
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of the Durham County Council ICT Business Continuity Planning, we require renewal of rental of rack space and supply of power to the racks in Sunderland City Council's Moorside datacentre. This is a continuation of existing services we utilise from them, with this being embedded in our current BCP.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2025, 17:17 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2025, 11:50 BST
- Authority reference
002352 / OPEN2025804- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060092- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051272Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
- Published justification
Due to embedded Business Continuity Planning within the organisation around ICT backup, it is not practical or feasible to change suppliers at this stage. Additional or repeat goods or services is the most suitable option for this direct award request, however, extreme and unavoidable urgency could also apply to this, as not continuing with the incumbent supplier and beginning a new procurement exercise at this stage in the existing contract would mean that there would be no data backup support and the organisation's ICT BCP would be void.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Sept 2025 → 7 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published397 days ago26 Sept 2025, 11:50 BST
- Standstill ends385 days ago7 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2025- Transparency notice published13 May 2025, 17:17 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published26 Sept 2025, 11:42 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published26 Sept 2025, 11:50 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland City Council002352 - Sunderland Datacentre Rental and Power Renewal8 Oct 2025 – 1 Jun 2028 | £270,000 | 16 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Sunderland City Council
- Signed
- 13 May 2025
- Value
- £270,000
- Period
- 8 Oct 2025 – 1 Jun 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract below threshold
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sunderland City CouncilAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender