Notice Information
Notice Title
M365 software licences
Notice Description
M365 software licences
Lot Information
Lot 1
M365 software licences. Additional information: A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently, until such times as a new procurement process is in place.
Procurement Information
A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently, until such times as a new procurement process is in place.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e5e2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010906-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- 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
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48100000 - Industry specific software package
48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
48700000 - Software package utilities
48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £771,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Feb 20251 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
- NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- stephen.oneill@nienetworks.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST,
- Postcode
- BT9 5HT
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Electoral Ward
- Westminster Constituency
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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