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Opswat CDR

Awarded United Kingdom Software & IT systems

Buyer Intellectual Property Office

€342,296 awarded value

Key facts

Awarded
decided 1 day after the deadline
Procedure
Restricted procedure Two steps: companies first ask to take part, and only those selected are invited to bid. Full entry
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Awarded to

Barrier Networks Ltd

Awarded value
€342,296
Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register

Description

4 instances of Opswat Metadefender to provide enterprise grade file security, malware and CDR (Content Disarm and Reconstruct) protection across our digital services

Timing

  1. Deadline
  2. Awarded decided in 1 day
  3. Published

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Ask the buyer for its reasons

A debrief request in the buyer's language (English). Fill in the parts in square brackets and send it to the contact named in your award letter.

To: Intellectual Property Office

Subject: Request for the reasons for the award decision. Opswat CDR ([Reference number])

Dear Sir or Madam,

We submitted a tender in the procedure named above and have been informed that the contract was awarded to another tenderer.

So that we can understand the decision, we kindly ask you to send us:

1. the reasons why our tender was not selected;
2. the name of the successful tenderer, and the characteristics and relative advantages of its tender;
3. the scores that our tender and the successful tender received on each award criterion, with the reasons for each score;
4. the date on which the standstill period ends, if one applies.

Please confirm that you have received this request.

Yours faithfully,

[Name and position]
[Company]
[Address]
[Email and telephone]
[Place and date]

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Official source

Source: Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office)

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Last verified against Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office) 1 month ago

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Market

Software & IT systems in United Kingdom

this buyer's median award in this sector
€195,349
More figures

What this buyer has paid before

Based on 6 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This award
€342,296
Median award
€195,349
Middle half of past awards
€77,169 to €332,959

The award is larger than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

open now in Software & IT systems
1,785
median open notice
€271,748

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Software & IT systems

different companies won awards here
734
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
15%
buyers awarded contracts here
507

Based on 1,616 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Intellectual Property Office

notices in the register
29
awards
26
awarded in total
€1.9M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
22
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
21%
of its calls state an estimated value
88%

Based on 24 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Intellectual Property Office

United Kingdom

Awards most often to

  1. Softcat PLC 2 awards €553,201
  2. Internet Investigation Solutions Ltd 2 awards €171,209
  3. Barrier Networks Ltd 1 award €342,296

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