Lot 1
No lot description published.
Statuscomplete
AwardedFind a Tender · award
Contract 1. VMWare cloud and Licences call off
BuyerOffice for National Statistics
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published22 Aug 2025
What is being bought
VMware Cloud Hosts on AWS for VMware ELA additional VCF Licensing for £504,334.00 for two years. Remaining value to enable call off of VM Ware "Broadcom" services over the life of the contract.
Lot details
Comparable-procurement analytics
No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.
Procurement strategy & market signals
Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleGovernment wide issue - Broadcom withdrew product from UK resellers - ONS had several contracts for Broadcom products and had to purchase directly. This purchase aligns all our contracts.
Rationale classificationsswitchingDirectAward
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published
Planning & early market engagement
BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0
No planning milestones published.
Related procurements
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Awards
1
Statusactive
Contracts
VMWare cloud and Licences call off
Statusactive
Value£634,334
Documents & submission route
- Not published
Source data inventory
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0586dc |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 050747-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Aug 22 2025 09:17:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 1 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2025 | award, contract | 050747-2025 |
| 13 Aug 2025 | award, contract | 048358-2025 |
| 13 Aug 2025 | award, contract | 048326-2025 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
Complete current OCDS release JSON
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