Notice Information
Notice Title
Adobe Creative Cloud Licenses
Notice Description
City of Sunderland college (Trading as Education Partnership North East) is looking to renew its Adobe licencing for the Creative Cloud suite all applications (for Windows and MAC OS) in the most cost-effective means, whilst maintaining as a minimum staff home use rights for identified Creative, Computing and Support Staff
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055250
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002199-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
48190000 - Educational software package
48218000 - License management software package
48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72416000 - Application service providers
79980000 - Subscription services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £30,191 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Kieron Hadland
- Contact Email
- procurement@educationpartnershipne.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SUNDERLAND
- Postcode
- SR3 4AH
- Post Town
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC44 Sunderland
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sunderland
- Electoral Ward
- Barnes
- Westminster Constituency
- Sunderland Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002199-2026
12th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034616-2025
24th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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