Ordnance Survey HQ Virtualisation Platform

Official notice

Authority: ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED (Public body)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: South East (UKJ32)

Awarded value£430,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Desk Top Publishing Micro Systems LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This requirement is for hypervisor software used to manage Ordnance Survey's (OS) on-premise virtualised server and VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure). This is used to support the majority of services that are hosted at OS HQ and interfaces into some services hosted in the Cloud.

CPV: Networking, Internet and intranet software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East · Southampton

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: 29 Oct 2025, 15:56 GMT
Last source update: 29 Oct 2025, 15:56 GMT
Authority reference: TS.0663
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-069503
Classification (CPV): Networking, Internet and intranet software package
Delivery area: South East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d690 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Call-off from an existing framework

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £430,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 3

Contracts signed 1latest 29 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Desk Top Publishing Micro Systems LTD	£430,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Ordnance Survey HQ Virtualisation Platform · Desk Top Publishing Micro Systems LTD
Signed
29 Oct 2025
Value
£430,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ordnance Survey

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public law10 09121572 Explorer House, Adanac Drive, Southampton, South East, SO16 0ASContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Desktop Publishing Microsystems t/a DTP GroupAwarded supplier02711141 DTP House, 3 Velocity Point Castleton Road , Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS12 2EN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.