Notice Information
Notice Title
Phoenix Microsoft Licenses
Notice Description
Awarded through Framework - Direct award (Procurement Services) Chelmsford City Council need a supplier to provide all Microsoft licenses for all staff. This includes 365 and other licenses that Microsoft offer.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Chelmsford City Council (CCC) seeks to purchase Microsoft Office licenses, including Dynamics 365, infrastructure licensing and telephony licensing, to enhance productivity, improve collaboration, and streamline business processes. The licenses should comply with CCC's existing IT infrastructure and support hybrid working models. The licenses cover the whole CCC estate to enable them to complete their day-to-day working. Without the licences, the organisation will not have access to any Microsoft software.
Options: 2 x 1 year optional extensions
Procurement Information
Direct Award through Procurement Services framework, using framework T's and C's.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e75a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007076-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender 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
48218000 - License management software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,540,666 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Feb 202512 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 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
- CHELMSFORD CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ben Glasson
- Contact Email
- ben.glasson@chelmsford.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1245606776
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM2 7DW
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Great Baddow East
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice URLs
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