Notice Information
Notice Title
EA Microsoft licensing
Notice Description
Renewal of the councils Enterprise Agreement that contains all Microsoft licencing utilised by the Council. This is the core software and digital services relied on by the Council for day to day function.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal of the councils Enterprise Agreement that contains all Microsoft licencing utilised by the Council.This is the core software and digital services relied on by the Council for day to day function.
Procurement Information
Time constraints as new pricing was due for release and companies were not willing to quote on the licencing renewal until Microsoft released the new prices and they are the primary solution the Council uses. The resellers were all dependant on these figures and this coincided with our requirement for renewal. New prices were released end of October and agreement must be in place before the end of November leading to a short time to comply to keep services available. Price check was done on the Framework prior to direct award (with other supplier(s)) and discussed with the head and director of corporate services to ensure pricing presented was satisfactory and utilising direct award to the preferred supplier to enable an efficient renewal process and ensure business continuity. The consequence of failing to renew in time would have a significant impact in terms of cost and service delivery.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b647
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040478-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72260000 - Software-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £689,018 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Nov 20241 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
- BASSETLAW DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@bassetlaw.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WORKSOP
- Postcode
- S80 2AH
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF15 North Nottinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, TLF15 North Nottinghamshire
-
- Local Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Electoral Ward
- Worksop South
- Westminster Constituency
- Bassetlaw
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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