Notice Information
Notice Title
Validating Email and Phone for The Sheffield College
Notice 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
Procurement Information
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 Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06020b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001538-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £150,969 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE SHEFFIELD COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- employerengagement@sheffcol.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S2 2RL
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- Park and Arbourthorne
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Heeley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001538-2026
8th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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