Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Sheffield Hallam University
10005790
City Campus
Sheffield
S11WB
UK
Contact person: Yayra Hlordzi
E-mail: yh3908@hallam.shu.ac.uk
NUTS: UKE32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.shu.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Open Text Identity Manager & Open Text File Dynamics 2025
Reference number: 2425-53-DTS-YH
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Open Text Identity Manager: https://www.opentext.com/en-gb/products/identity-manager
This manages all the lifecycle of University IT accounts i.e. staff, students and others and provides some authentication services to some applications e.g. Blackboard
Open Text File Dynamics: https://www.microfocus.com/media/data-sheet/file_dynamics_ds.pdf
This manages provisioning file stores for user's files e.g. homespace and shared collaborative storage spaces
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
71 030.40
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE32
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
4530 x OpenText Identity Manager Identity Administration Standard Core Education
4530 x Storage Manager Education per FTES SW E-LTU Business Support
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
Direct Award to maintain continuity of service.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/07/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ST-FOUR LIMITED
5575554
Salop View, Sutton
NEWPORT
TF10 8DQ
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 71 030.40
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield
S1 1WB
UK
E-mail: strategicprocurement@shu.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/08/2025