Official UK procurement notice
Contract 1. VMWare cloud and Licences call off
Authority: Office for National Statistics (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£634,334published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to VMware International Unlimited Company
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVMware Cloud Hosts on AWS for VMware ELA additional VCF Licensing for £504,334.00 for two years.
Remaining value to enable call off of VM Ware "Broadcom" services over the life of the contract.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 13 Aug 2025, 11:17 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2025, 10:17 BST
- Authority reference
CS-26-048- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050747- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0586dcFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
Government wide issue - Broadcom withdrew product from UK resellers - ONS had several contracts for Broadcom products and had to purchase directly. This purchase aligns all our contracts.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Aug 2025 → 22 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published22 Aug 2025, 10:17 BST
- Standstill ends22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published13 Aug 2025, 11:17 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2025, 11:54 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published22 Aug 2025, 10:17 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected23 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £634,3341 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware International Unlimited CompanyVMWare cloud and Licences call off23 Aug 2025 – 30 Jul 2027Options: Committing to VMWare Cloud Hosting and ELA VCF Licensing for £504,334.08. Remaining value to allow purchase of MS SPLA licences and other Broadcom products if required. | £634,334 | 13 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
VMWare cloud and Licences call off · VMware International Unlimited Company
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2025
- Value
- £634,334
- Period
- 23 Aug 2025 – 30 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
- Options
- The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. Committing to VMWare Cloud Hosting and ELA VCF Licensing for £504,334.08. Remaining value to allow purchase of MS SPLA licences and other Broadcom products if required.
No agreed KPIs: Mainly a license purchase
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VMware International Unlimited CompanyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender