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Published 21 May 2025, 14:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Azure Cloud Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£111,1822 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to RACKSPACE LIMITED2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for Cloud Complex Operations for 18 months £74,700

Contract for Palo Alto for 18 months £36,482.40

Totalling £111,182.40

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
72222300 Information technology services72268000 Software supply services72700000 Computer network services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
21 May 2025, 14:53 BST
Last source update
21 May 2025, 14:53 BST
Authority reference
CO0457
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024049
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b31 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    21 May 2025, 14:53 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £111,1822 contracts exc. VAT
Contracts signed 2latest 27 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
RACKSPACE LIMITED£74,700 †—Awarded
RACKSPACE LIMITED£36,482 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Cloud Complex Operations · RACKSPACE LIMITED

    Signed
    27 Mar 2025
    Value
    £74,700
    Period
    1 Apr 2025 – 1 Sept 2026
    Status
    active

  • Palo Alto Networks VM-500 · RACKSPACE LIMITED

    Signed
    27 Mar 2025
    Value
    £36,482
    Period
    1 Apr 2025 – 1 Sept 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • RACKSPACE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03897010GB-PPON: PGVV-2473-TNLT Unit 2 6 Millington Road, Hayes, London, UB3 4AZContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender