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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £1,187,068Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): Mon 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Mon 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 31 Mar 2026
Region: Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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VMware licenses provide the virtual infrastructure (private cloud) for the whole University and the most

advantageous licence for the scale the University uses is the Enterprise License Agreement (ELA)

and is priced based the number of devices to be covered (processor cores). The University has held

this type of licence since 2016 and covers numerous VMware products used across the University:

1) vSphere Enterprise (Virtualisation Software, including compute and storage)

2) VMware Horizon Test platform (Virtual Desktop and application software) - increased licences

3) VMware vRealize Operations (management software)

4) Consultancy and Training Credits

The current ELA ends on the 27th April 2026 and needs to be renewed otherwise the University digital

systems will stop working and be unsupported. This virtualisation software is a critical service used by

the University and runs all of the campus-based systems, including:

1) General Virtual/Cloud environment on campus

a. Infrastructure servers

b. Academic Servers

c. Research serves

d. Business engagement

2) The SITS infrastructure

3) The Virtual Desktop (VDI) service

4) Security and management platforms for the above

5) Training Credits so we keep up with the technology.

Without these services the University digital server infrastructure would stop working

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

48600000
48000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

31 Mar 2026
Contract notice
Contract notice published 31 March 2026.
Release 748158d9-f38d-44c7-a1ca-285477d51e0a
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

ASTON UNIVERSITY published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £1,187,068.

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Reference: 748158d9-f38d-44c7-a1ca-285477d51e0a
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Stage: contract · Contract
Last verified: Sun 5 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
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