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VMware VCF 9 Implementation

Buyer: Edinburgh Napier University →

BuyerEdinburgh Napier University
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published2 Jun 2026

What is being bought

A converged implementation and installation of VCF 9 from the current VMware installed state, plus 5-year End User Licence.

Delivery location

UKM75

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Networking software package 48210000

Lot details

Lot 1

This is a 5-year subscription renewal contract for our VMware provision plus professional services to deploy VCF version 9.1.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Fitness for purpose. — 70%
price — 30%

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software package and information systemsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 482,5331 median · 6.1 average (770 of 2,533 with a bid count)1.4 average (834 of 2,533 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKM75221 median · 3.6 average (12 of 22 with a bid count)1.1 average (14 of 22 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 rationaleThese are supplies ands services intended as a partial replacement and upgrade of, and extension to, an existing software installation, where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility with, and disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance of, our cloud computing and virtualization technology environment.
Rationale classificationsThe works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
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

Contracts

051712-2026-420IS-ENU-2526-089-PRF1520-1

Statusactive
Value£1,480,219

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.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06ab15
Latest release ID051712-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 02 2026 08:51:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Jun 2026award, contract051712-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
2 Jun 2026 · 051712-2026 · award, contract
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