PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Azure Cloud SaaS

Northumbria University · published 6 Feb 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.

Contracts Finder release IDa7e569c7-6b75-45d4-b117-be4c491bcfe3-882650
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-71224a7c-a3b7-491a-8f96-e4fb8bbaf4ff
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-263471
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
£1,890,000
award field
Tender value
£1,890,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other -
Category
services
CPV
72416000
Application service providers
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The University of Northumbria awarded a Contract for provision of comprehensive Azure FinOps (Cloud Financial Operations) and cost optimisation services. The primary goal of this engagement is to improve resource efficiency, reduce cloud expenditure, and establish a sustainable financial management framework for our growing Azure cloud environment. The scope of the Azure support includes several critical areas of the university's digital ecosystem. • Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) • Corporate Website & Student Portal • UNN Integration Platform • Learning Analytics & MS Fabric • Research Web Hosting The Supplier demonstrated proven expertise in Azure FinOps and a strong track record of delivering measurable cost savings for enterprise-level clients.

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.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release6 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published19 Oct 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Nov 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Oct 2028
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.

Published name only

Softcat PLC

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 6 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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