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Official UK procurement notice

FortiNet Licence Renewal · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)

Below threshold - limited competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£182,853published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 14 Aug 2025
Awarded to Softcat Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Salford have the below FortiNet licences which are due for renewal on 19/08/25. We are looking to renew for a 3 year term.

2x FortiGate-2600F 3 Year Unified Threat Protection (UTP) (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection, Application Control,

URL, DNS & Video Filtering, Antispam Service, and FortiCare Premium) - F2K60FTK21900900 and F2K60FTK21900979

2x FortiGate-600E 3 Year Unified Threat Protection (UTP) (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection, Application Control, URL, DNS & Video Filtering, Antispam Service, and FortiCare Premium) - FG6H0ETB21908616 and FG6H0ETB21908872

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Aug 2025, 14:39 BST
Last source update
14 Aug 2025, 14:39 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048808
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05880b Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025
  1. Contract award notice published
    14 Aug 2025, 14:39 BST
    UK6
  2. Contract signature expected
    14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £182,8531 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Softcat Plc19 Aug 2025 – 19 Aug 2028£182,853 inc. VAT14 Aug 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Salford

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: RC000666 · GB-PPON: PDHR-3751-QPQR 43 The Crescent, Salford, North West, M5 4WTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Softcat LtdAwarded supplier Universal Square Devonshire Street, Manchester, North West, M12 6JHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender