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Southampton City Council · published 28 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID77bce3d6-85ca-4837-9f66-670092a04523-919305
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-316e4e35-6386-422d-9856-c98714d56808
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/jxfb36Bw
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£133,590
award field
Tender value
£133,590
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
30210000
Data-processing machines (hardware)
Delivery
Not stated
SO14 7LY
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The renewal of F5 loadbalancers and support. Additional information: This was a mini-competition using the Y23065 Software Products and Associated Services framework.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release28 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published1 Jan 2027
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published14 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Jan 2027
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Dec 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 28 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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