Apollo 4510 & Scality Support Renewal & GEO RING licenses

Official notice

Authority: Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham (Police & fire)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North East (UKC1)

Awarded value£56,493published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 2 Apr 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Softcat Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The HPE Apollo 4510 is a high-density, 4U rackmount storage server designed specifically for Big Data workloads, such as object storage, data analytics, and deep archiving.

Scality provides technical support for its storage products, including Scality RING.

CPV: Network servers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
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: 20 Apr 2026, 14:09 BST
Last source update: 20 Apr 2026, 14:09 BST
Authority reference: ICT 328A
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-035657
Classification (CPV): Network servers
Delivery area: North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06865e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Direct award using ComIT3

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £56,4931 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 2 Apr 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Softcat Plc	£56,493 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Apollo 4510 & Scality Support Renewal & GEO RING licenses · Softcat Plc
Signed
2 Apr 2026
Value
£56,493
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety PMZV-7732-XXTT Police Headquarters, Aykley Heads, Durham, North East, DH15TTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Softcat LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 2174990 Marlow, South East

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.