Hardware and Software Maintenance of Dell VXRail Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI)

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield Hallam University (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)

Awarded value£74,307published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 30 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Dell Corporation Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hardware and Software Maintenance of Dell VXRail Hyper

Converged Infrastructure (HCI)

CPV: Software maintenance and repair services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1VxRail SoftwareAwarded

VxRail Software

288 cores of VMWare Cloud Foundation 1 year subscription

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber

72267000 Software maintenance and repair services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Services
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: 8 Aug 2025, 18:42 BST
Last source update: 8 Aug 2025, 18:42 BST
Authority reference: 2425-52-DTS-YH
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-047449
Classification (CPV): Software maintenance and repair services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0584a5 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Direct Award

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £74,3071 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Dell Corporation Ltd	£74,307 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 047449-2025-1 · Dell Corporation Ltd
Signed
30 Jul 2025
Value
£74,307
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield Hallam University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 10005790 City Campus, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S11WBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Dell Corporation LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02081369 London, UK, EC3A 5AF

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.