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title: "Colocation datacentre facility to host services for CU Group"
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# Colocation datacentre facility to host services for CU Group

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/colocation-datacentre-facility-to-host-services-for-cu-group-ocds-h6vhtk-041d73). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Coventry University: "Colocation datacentre facility to host services for CU Group". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Coventry University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-university-urn-133808)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKG33
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £455,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041d73`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/colocation-datacentre-facility-to-host-services-for-cu-group-ocds-h6vhtk-041d73#tl-md)

## Description
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
AQL is our primary datacentre, it would be significant business risk to rush into a plan to relocate the primary datacentre and network communication links. We decided to continue our existing relationship with AQL for the stability of datacentre services due to the current financial position of the university group and the pressures facing the education sector. Technology is also changing at a rapid pace which makes it difficult to accurately predict long term placement of services as we continue to adopt more cloud technology. The AQL service is to remain in place for the next 2 years while a formal review is undertaken of our datacentre requirements. Once this decision is made, the university will go through a formal tender process for these services for a longer term partnership agreement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 035112-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AQ Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161132`
  - Value: £455,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 036076-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AQ Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161132`
  - Value: £455,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 035112-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £455,000
  - Signed Date: 04/09/2023

- **Contract:** 036076-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £455,000
  - Signed Date: 04/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036076-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-07T12:51:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:57:35.469Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041d73