Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses
Notice Description
The Open University is procuring specialist software licenses from a third-party provider.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This procurement is for the on-going supply of licenses for the Salesforce Marketing Cloud solution which is embedded into OU systems and process and it currently heavily used in our current marketing programme. The licenses are to be renewed for a period of 3 years with an additional 3 years extension option (total 6 years), for c. PS275,000 per annum for the first three years, and up to a total contract value of PS2,000,000 (inc VAT) including all extension options. The OU's strategy is to move away from the reseller model and go direct to Salesforce to deliver savings.
Options: Option to extend for an additional 3 years beyond the initial 3 year period, giving a potential total value of the contract up to a maximum of PS2.000,000 after all extension options.
Procurement Information
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: (32) Negotiated without a prior publication (b) The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: (ii) Proprietary items available from only owner of intellectual property rights; copyrights or distribution rights.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cc4c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003057-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- 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
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48481000 - Sales or marketing software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Dec 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
- OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- fbs-procurement@open.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1908655814
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MILTON KEYNES
- Postcode
- MK7 6AA
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
- Delivery Location
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
-
- Local Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Electoral Ward
- Monkston
- Westminster Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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