Official UK procurement notice
VMware VCF 9 Implementation
Authority: Edinburgh Napier University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA converged implementation and installation of VCF 9 from the current VMware installed state, plus 5-year End User Licence.
CPV: Networking software package · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a 5-year subscription renewal contract for our VMware provision plus…Awarded
This is a 5-year subscription renewal contract for our VMware provision plus professional services to deploy VCF version 9.1.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 2 Jun 2026, 09:51 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2026, 09:51 BST
- Authority reference
420IS-ENU-2526-089-PRF1520- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051712- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ab15Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
These 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.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:833248)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware International Unlimited Company | £1,480,219 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 051712-2026-420IS-ENU-2526-089-PRF1520-1 · VMware International Unlimited Company
- Signed
- 29 May 2026
- Value
- £1,480,219
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VMware International Unlimited CompanyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.