Notice Information
Notice Title
Geant/OCRE
Notice Description
All usage of Azure servers in place of physical servers. This is to receive preferential service charges for all virtual services based on Azure platform. This would include Azure Virtual Desktops / EDP / EDI / CRM and various storage areas for courses / projects and backups & archives.
Lot Information
Lot 1
All usage of Azure servers in place of physical servers. This is to receive preferential service charges for all virtual services based on Azure platform. This would include Azure Virtual Desktops / EDP / EDI / CRM and various storage areas for courses / projects and backups & archives.
Procurement Information
This was direct awarded under a public PCR framework
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f832
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083995-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Nov 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Ryan Bushell
- Contact Email
- r.bushell@londonmet.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- N7 8DB
- Post Town
- North London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Arsenal
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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