Awarded contract

DDaT25508 - Virtualization Platform Licence

Details

Value
£47,540.64
Duration
1 year
Topic
Software package and information systems
Published
2 December 2025

Tender description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) had a requirement for the supply of Virtualization Platform Licence. This Call Off contract has been sourced via a Direct Award procedure in line with the Software Products and Associated Services Framework Agreement.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published2 December 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date25 December 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date22 December 2026in 3 months

About the buyer

UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS is a central government shared services provider whose procurement team runs procurements for public bodies such as UK Research & Innovation. Every competitively tendered procurement runs through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal, where suppliers register. Lower value opportunities are advertised on Contracts Finder and higher value contracts on Find a Tender. Frameworks hosted by the service, such as one for laboratory consumables, are open to eligible public bodies. Advice on procurement routes and supplier performance sits with the same team. Suppliers to the shared service centre itself have mostly been appointed through Crown Commercial Service frameworks.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48000000 · Software package and information systems

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