AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Wolverhampton City Council has published contract details for QQ26042, covering Altaro Backup Solution licences for Office 365 and Windows Server. The contract was signed with INFINIGATE CLOUD UK LTD.
Published outcomeOne active award and active contract are recorded for INFINIGATE CLOUD UK LTD under lot 1.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, limited-competition software licensing purchase with a gross contract value of £72,691.20.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
INFINIGATE CLOUD UK LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · Contract-level value: £60,576.00 excluding VAT; £72,691.20 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-10964910. Supplier verification matched company number 10964910 to INFINIGATE CLOUD UK LTD. Contract 1, linked to award 1, records amount £60,576 and amountGross £72,691.20.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice_type and contract document description both state “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Tender status
98% confidenceComplete
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details_json.tender.status is “complete”; lot 1 status is “complete”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is “active”.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 23 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£60,576.00
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Contract 1 value.amount is 60576 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£72,691.20
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 72691.2 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 links to awardID 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence23 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-23.
Contract start
99% confidence23 September 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-09-23.
Contract end
99% confidence23 September 2028
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2028-09-23T23:59:59+01:00.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Process published_at and contract document datePublished are 2026-10-12.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply licences for Altaro Backup Solution
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Tender title is “QQ26042 - Supply licences for Altaro Backup Solution”.
Service description
99% confidenceAltaro backup solution for Office 365 and Windows Server
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Tender description states this wording.
Procurement category
98% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is “goods”.
CPV classification
99% confidence48710000 — Backup or recovery software package
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Award item additionalClassifications lists CPV 48710000 with this description.
Delivery region
96% confidenceUKG
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Award item deliveryAddresses specifies region UKG, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Tender procurementMethod is “limited”.
Method detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - limited competition”.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence23 September 2026 to 23 September 2028
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Contract 1 period gives these start and end dates.
Term length
98% confidenceTwo years
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The stated contract dates run from 23 September 2026 to 23 September 2028.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£60,576.00 excluding VAT; £72,691.20 including VAT
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Contract value records amount 60576 and amountGross 72691.2 in GBP.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceA single-supplier, single-lot purchase of backup software licences
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One award is linked to lot 1 and names one supplier; the requirement is for Altaro Backup Solution licences.
Market route
99% confidenceBelow-threshold limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - limited competition”.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier was matched by company number 10964910, with no name mismatch recorded.
Award-date availability
99% confidenceAward decision date not supplied
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The award record has no award_date; contract signature and notice publication dates are separately available.
Lot detail availability
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, scoring, evaluation or award-rationale data is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published data does not provide an award decision date.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- Information on bid numbers, bidder identities, evaluation, scores and award rationale was not supplied.
- No extension or renewal options were supplied; the estimated September 2028 recompetition point is based solely on the published contract end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Wolverhampton City CouncilINFINIGATE CLOUD UK LTDAltaro Backup SolutionOffice 365 backupWindows Server backupbackup software licencesQQ26042
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Wolverhampton City Council's Altaro Backup Solution licence contract?
INFINIGATE CLOUD UK LTD, company number 10964910, is the verified supplier named on the active award and contract.
What is the value of the Altaro Backup Solution contract?
The contract value is £60,576 excluding VAT and £72,691.20 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period is from 23 September 2026 to 23 September 2028.
What does the contract cover?
It covers Altaro Backup Solution licences for Office 365 and Windows Server.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.