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Published 8 Jan 2026, 15:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Validating Email and Phone for The Sheffield College

Official notice

Authority: The Sheffield College (Education)

Direct awardSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£150,970published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to AFD Software Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

1)

AFD Address, Email and Phone validation within EBS for access by both staff and students for up to;

80,000 address lookups (including the addition of new build addresses and additional flats)

80,000 phone validations

80,000 email validations

The address solution includes the addition of new build addresses and additional flats,

2)

AFD Address, Email and Phone validation within D365 for access by both staff and students for up to;

10,000 address lookups

10,000 phone validations

10,000 email validations

The address solution includes the addition of new build addresses, additional flats, additional business data, and business characteristics

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Jan 2026, 15:08 GMT
Last source update
8 Jan 2026, 15:08 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001538
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06020b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

None viable; Tribal EBS integrates exclusively with AFD, and no other suppliers are supported for this service. Goods/Services are required for repairing or servicing existing specialist plant or equipment; Goods/Services are of a proprietary type only available from a single supplier.The contract is an extension to an existing contract and a change of supplier would cause disproportionate technical difficulties, diseconomies of scale or significant disruption to the College services.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 8 Jan 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    8 Jan 2026, 15:08 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £150,9701 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AFD Software LtdValidating Email and Phone - The Sheffield Collee31 Jan 2026 – 31 Jan 2030£150,970 inc. VAT—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Sheffield College

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMNY-8335-DYMJ Granville Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S2 2RLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AFD Software LTDAwarded supplierIM-CR: 087072C Mountain View Innovation Centre Jurby Road Lezayre, Ramsey ISLE OF MAN, Ramsey, IM, IM72DZ, IMContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender