Official UK procurement notice
DIT Data Centre UPD's Maintenance Contract Renewal
Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Published estimate£13,000≈ £13k / year · £13,000 inc. VAT15.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Apr 2025awarded 8 Apr 2025
Awarded to Insight Direct
Contract term 1 yrends 7 Apr 2026 · starts 7 Apr 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward Notice for DIT Data Centre UPD's Maintenance Contract Renewal.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£13,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Award criteria will be based only on price and contract terms.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £10,9891 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 7
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insight Direct10 Apr 2025 – 16 Mar 2026 | £10,989 inc. VAT | 8 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Mar 2025, 13:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2025, 09:31 BST
- Authority reference
UoS/DH/24/25/QTR3- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011561- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f984Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please send any correspondence and quotations to Andy Poole a.poole4@salford.ac.uk.
Timeline
27 Mar 2025 → 9 Apr 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published27 Mar 2025, 13:41 GMT
- Clarification questions by3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts7 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 Apr 2025, 09:31 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Mar 2025- Tender notice published27 Mar 2025, 13:41 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Apr 2025, 09:31 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Apr 2025, 09:31 BST
- Contract signature expected9 Apr 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Insight Direct UKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender