Award

Validating Email and Phone for The Sheffield College

  • The Sheffield College

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-001538

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06020b

Published 8 January 2026, 3:08pm



Scope

Description

1)

AFD Address, Email and Phone validation within EBS for access by both staff and students for up to;

80,000 address lookups (including the addition of new build addresses and additional flats)

80,000 phone validations

80,000 email validations

The address solution includes the addition of new build addresses and additional flats,

2)

AFD Address, Email and Phone validation within D365 for access by both staff and students for up to;

10,000 address lookups

10,000 phone validations

10,000 email validations

The address solution includes the addition of new build addresses, additional flats, additional business data, and business characteristics


Contract 1. Validating Email and Phone - The Sheffield Collee

Supplier

Contract value

  • £150,969.60 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

16 January 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 31 January 2026 to 31 January 2030
  • 4 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Single supplier - technical reasons

None viable; Tribal EBS integrates exclusively with AFD, and no other suppliers are supported for this service. Goods/Services are required for repairing or servicing existing specialist plant or equipment; Goods/Services are of a proprietary type only available from a single supplier.The contract is an extension to an existing contract and a change of supplier would cause disproportionate technical difficulties, diseconomies of scale or significant disruption to the College services.


Supplier

AFD Software LTD

  • Isle of Man Companies Registry: 087072C

Mountain View Innovation Centre Jurby Road Lezayre, Ramsey ISLE OF MAN

Ramsey

IM72DZ

Isle of Man

Telephone: 01624811714

Email: postcode@afd.co.uk

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Validating Email and Phone - The Sheffield Collee


Contracting authority

The Sheffield College

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMNY-8335-DYMJ

Granville Road

Sheffield

S2 2RL

United Kingdom

Region: UKE32 - Sheffield

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government