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title: "Validating Email and Phone for The Sheffield College"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06020b"
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# Validating Email and Phone for The Sheffield College

Buyer: THE SHEFFIELD COLLEGE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06020b

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## Summary

The procurement process, initiated by The Sheffield College, involves a direct award contract for validating email and phone data, titled "Validating Email and Phone for The Sheffield College". The industry category falls under IT services, specifically consulting, software development, Internet, and support. The procurement, located in Sheffield, aims to cater to both staff and students with a solution that includes address, email, and phone validation. The contract, awarded to AFD Software LTD, has a contract period from 31st January 2026 to 31st January 2030, with a gross value of £150,969.60. The procurement method, detailed as "Direct award", was necessitated due to exclusive integration requirements and technical reasons, avoiding significant disruption and technical difficulties.

This tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses involved in IT services, particularly those with expertise in consulting, software development, Internet, and support services. The project's direct award to AFD Software LTD highlights the importance of establishing exclusive integration capabilities and technical specialisation. Small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises, could see potential in niching in proprietary solutions that require specialised integration with existing systems to enhance their competitive edge in public sector contracts.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001538-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | 31 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £150,969 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE SHEFFIELD COLLEGE |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S2 2RL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | Park and Arbourthorne |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Heeley |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AFD SOFTWARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 8 Jan 2026 at 15:08 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001538-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001538-2026
  8th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.sheffcol.ac.uk

## Provenance

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