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CODE Clobba Licensing

Cantium Business Solutions Limited

This public procurement record has 6 releases in its history.

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19 Aug 2026 at 13:39

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27 Jan 2026 at 16:33

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23 Apr 2025 at 13:07

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17 Oct 2023 at 16:05

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17 Aug 2023 at 12:05

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Summary of the contracting process

Cantium Business Solutions Limited procured CODE Clobba licensing, a software-related service covering the provision of the licence and associated software services. The requirement was run through Procurement Services’ Software Products and Associated Services Framework, managed by Kent County Council’s Procurement Services. Delivery was required across the United Kingdom. The procurement is categorised as services, with the related classification describing IT software packages. This is a technology supply and licensing requirement rather than a works contract, and is relevant to software resellers, licensing specialists, IT suppliers and organisations able to provide the required CODE Clobba product and related support through the relevant purchasing route.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded following a further competition under a framework agreement. It used a selective restricted procedure, with written submissions in English and evaluation based on price. The original submission deadline was 27 October 2023 at 14:00 and was amended to 10 November 2023 at 14:00; the award period began on 27 October 2023 at 14:15. The estimated value was £800,000,000 over 1,440 days, with no renewal or options. The active award for CODE Clobba Licensing went to SoftwareOne UK Limited. The contract was signed on 18 August 2026 for £80,437.50. The contracting process records 40 bids, including 22 from SMEs.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Cantium Business Solutions for specialist software licensing delivered through an established public-sector framework. A credible future supplier would need access to, or an authorised relationship for, CODE Clobba licensing, together with the ability to supply associated software services across the United Kingdom. The route favours organisations already able to participate in the Software Products and Associated Services Framework and compete in a restricted further competition. The supplier field included large technology resellers and SMEs, showing that both established national providers and smaller framework-approved businesses have competed for this type of requirement. Strong price competitiveness is important because price was the stated evaluation basis.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CODE Clobba Licensing

Notice Description

CODE Clobba Licensing

Lot Information

Lot 1

Further Competition via Procurement Services - Software & Associated Services Framework for the provision of CODE Clobba Licensing

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f099
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078998-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48517000 - IT software package

72260000 - Software-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£800,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£800,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£352,800 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
27 Oct 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Mar 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cantium Business Solutions Limited
Additional Buyers

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE

Gloucestershire County Council

Kent County Council (T/A Procurement Services)

Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services)

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLOUCESTER
Postcode
ME19 4YT
Postcode Area
Rochester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ46 West Kent
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Electoral Ward
Kings Hill
Westminster Constituency
Maidstone and Malling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
27
Supplier Names

Academia Limited

Boxxe Limited

British Telecommunications PLC

Bromcom Computers Plc

Bytes Software Services (Cefas DA)

Bytes Software Services Ltd

CCS Media Limited

CDW Limited

Cantium Business Solutions

Crayon Limited

Education Software Solutions Ltd

Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd

IDNS Ltd

IRIS Software Limited

Insight Direct (UK) Ltd

Kingsfield Computer Products Limited Langtons

Phoenix Software Ltd

Softcat Plc

SoftwareONE UK

SoftwareOne UK Limited

Specialist Computer Centres PLC

StyleTech Solutions Ltd

Trustmarque Solutions Limited

Ultima Business Solutions Limited

VE3 Global Ltd

Verylocals Ltd

Waymark Ltd

Further Information

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