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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Remote Access to Academic Applications

University of Lincoln · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 11:04.

Opportunity overview

This Contract Details Notice is being issued to give the pertinent details of the contract that the University of Lincoln has entered into with AppsAnywhere Ltd for their AppsAnywhere solution. The solution is a centralised application delivery platform, which reduces the complexities in remote application access and delivery. It allows users (students and staff) to access education Windows applications remotely, without the need to use a virtual desktop. The University has entered into a 3-year contract with AppsAnywhere Ltd. To view this notice, please click here: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=992785019

Awarded to

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AppsAnywhere Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
£275.5k
Awarded
7 Nov 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 07018761
Location
Leeds,, UKE22, LS25 6BH, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
477
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The University of Lincoln intends to award AppsAnywhere Ltd a contract to continue its provision of remote and cloud-based platforms for Windows academic application delivery by providing seamless, on-demand, access to applications on any device, anywhere. This contract is being awarded in accordance with Chapter 3, Section 41 Direct Award in Special Cases (1)(a) and (6) of the Public Procurement Act 2023. This is for Technical Reasons, as defined under the provisions of Schedule 5 paragraph 6, as stated below: "(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works." The key justifications for this award are that despite other suppliers being able to provide remote applications and desktops, none of them work in the same way as the AppsAnywhere Ltd solution (AppsAnywhere). From the University's research, all the other solutions providers will require the University to incur ongoing, variable High Performance Compute (HPC) costs. The AppsAnywhere solution, allows the Windows academic applications to run natively on the user’s device. This therefore means that the University will not have an ongoing, usage dependent, HPC cost which is dependent on user’s volumes from when users access the remote applications, that would be hosted from within the University's environment. The unique elements of the AppsAnywhere solution therefore meets the justification requirement for a direct award, for single supplier, by the University, because there is an 'absence of competition for technical reasons' and 'there are no reasonable alternatives'. The unique features of AppsAnywhere are outlined below: Technical Reasons - because there are no alternatives that run Windows academic applications natively on user devices, therefore demonstrating that there is a lack of competition for 'Technical Reasons'. Reasonable Alternatives - all alternatives have variable ongoing HPC cost, which therefore means that there are no 'Reasonable Alternatives' that the University can implement which will have the same low value running/usage costs.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PGYJ-5468-QTPJ
Name
University of Lincoln

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF30
Country
GB
Locality
Lincoln
Postal Code
LN2 2LG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Lawress Hall, Riseholme Park, Riseholme

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PGYJ-5468-QTPJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Vasos Melides
Telephone
01522882000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-07018761
Name
AppsAnywhere Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKE22
Country
GB
Locality
Leeds,
Postal Code
LS25 6BH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Foresters Arms, 35 Kirkgate,, Sherburn in Elmet,

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
07018761
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
7 Nov 2025, 00:00
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKF3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKF3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48211000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Platform interconnectivity software package
Entry 2
Id
48219100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Gateway software package

Value

Amount
275,484
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
330,580

Documents

Entry 1
Id
065912-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
16 Oct 2025, 13:46
Entry 2
Id
071892-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
7 Nov 2025, 10:05

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-07018761
Name
AppsAnywhere Limited

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Dec 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
18 Nov 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
20 Nov 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes

Value

Amount
275,484
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
330,580

Period

Ends
31 Dec 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
075805-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
20 Nov 2025, 16:05

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lincoln · UKF30 · LN2 2LG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05cdf2-2025-11-20T16:05:14ZTransparency notice on Find a Tender ·