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UKRI 5505 - STFC Firewall Refresh 2025

Buyer: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) →

BuyerUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

StatusAwarded

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published23 Jan 2026

What is being bought

STFC are procuring, via direct award through HTE framework ICT solution 3, for the replacement Fortinet firewall hardware to extend the life of, and improve the performance of, our site firewalling to cope with the increasing volumes of scientific data that flow on / off / through our sites whilst being exposed to the ever increasing security risks faced by modern networks.

Delivery location

Lot details

Lot 1

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Not published	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Network management software services (72511000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 72	10,539	2 median · 15.4 average (4,161 of 10,539 with a bid count)	2 average (5,053 of 10,539 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	1	1 median · 1 average (1 of 1 with a bid count)	1 average (1 of 1 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Delivery region: UK	3,323	2 median · 33.9 average (1,171 of 3,323 with a bid count)	2.8 average (1,501 of 3,323 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationalePrevious capital investment in the same technology, providing seamless integration with existing infrastructure.

Rationale classificationsNew works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

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

006136-2026-1

Statusactive

SupplierInsight Direct (UK) Ltd

Contracts

006136-2026-1

Statusactive

Value£7,228,048

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-060d2f
Latest release ID	006136-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri Jan 23 2026 11:56:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	complete
Procurement method	limited
Procurement method details	Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	32014L0024
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	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	1
Contracts in latest release	1
Parties in latest release	3

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
23 Jan 2026	award, contract	006136-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)

23 Jan 2026 · 006136-2026 · award, contract

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UKRI 5505 - STFC Firewall Refresh 2025

What is being bought

Delivery location

Categories

Lot details

Lot 1

What is included

Comparable-procurement analytics

Price-outcome signal

Procurement strategy & market signals

Planning & early market engagement

Related procurements

Awards

006136-2026-1

Contracts

006136-2026-1

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Notice history

All source data