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Solarwinds Contract 26/27 (con_31831)

Department for Education

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07 Aug 2026 at 13:14

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Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education procured a three-year subscription renewal for SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Advanced for Enterprise AE1000, an upgraded SolarWinds product supporting monitoring of up to 1,000 nodes. The requirement is for networking, internet and intranet software, covering the Department’s operations across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West of England. This is a goods procurement focused on supplying enterprise software licensing rather than consultancy, construction or general IT support. The buyer is the Department for Education, based in London. The product renewal is intended to maintain or upgrade SolarWinds observability capability across a broad departmental estate, with the subscription applying for the full three-year term.

The procurement has been completed and awarded through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The tender submission deadline was 4 June 2026 at 5pm. The contract was awarded to Akhter Computers on 11 June 2026 for £101,240.05 including the stated GBP currency. The active contract runs from 11 June 2026 to 10 June 2029. The award covers the SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Advanced for Enterprise AE1000 subscription and its three-year term. The recorded procurement value and awarded value are the same. The process was suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, while participation was not reserved for voluntary, community or social enterprises. The award followed a framework-based procurement route, rather than an open standalone tender, and the selected supplier is an SME.

This award indicates established Department for Education demand for enterprise SolarWinds licensing and observability software across a large, geographically distributed public-sector estate. Suppliers well placed for a future requirement would need to provide, renew or support SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Advanced for Enterprise, including the AE1000 capacity of up to 1,000 monitored nodes. Credibility would come from strong knowledge of SolarWinds licensing, subscription management, enterprise monitoring and self-hosted deployment, together with the ability to serve public-sector technology estates across England. Experience supplying through framework agreements is commercially relevant because this requirement was bought by framework call-off. The award to an SME also shows that specialist smaller technology suppliers can compete for this scale of software licensing requirement, provided they can meet the product, capacity and route-to-market demands.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Solarwinds Contract 26/27 (con_31831)

Notice Description

Renewal of Solarwinds licencing under the upgraded product: 2257103 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Advanced for Enterprise AE1000 (up to 1000 nodes) - Subscription 3Yr Term

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-b61eda19-1c59-4e2d-90cd-d4313c79b1b2
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a199c8d5-e3fd-48bc-91f1-49035a0842af
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£101,240 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£101,240 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
4 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
11 Jun 20262 months ago
Contract Period
11 Jun 2026 - 10 Jun 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Department for Education
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3BT
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Akhter Computers

Further Information

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