Geant/OCRE · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Nov 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Phoenix Software Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

All usage of Azure servers in place of physical servers.

This is to receive preferential service charges for all virtual

services based on Azure platform.

This would include Azure Virtual Desktops / EDP / EDI / CRM

and various storage areas for courses / projects and backups &

archives.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Dec 2025, 15:57 GMT
Last source update: 17 Dec 2025, 15:57 GMT
Authority reference: LMU2025-1874
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-083995
Classification (CPV): Software package and information systems
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f832 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This was direct awarded under a public PCR framework

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Nov 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Phoenix Software Ltd	£1,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 083995-2025-1 · Phoenix Software Ltd
Signed
1 Nov 2025
Value
£1,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 00974438 London Metropolitan University, London, London, N78DBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Phoenix Software LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02548628 POCKLINGTON, UK, Y42 1NS

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.