Awarded contract

Who won: VMWare Virtual Servers

A goods contract from OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE), worth £1,737,805.82. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Value

£1,737,805.82

Published

3 July 2026

About this contract

Upgraded subscription for the continued use and support of the virtual server infrastructure.

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✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £1,737,805.82, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓This one's been awarded — but OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) retenders on a cycle. Get matched the day the next one lands and start your draft early.

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