--- title: "Software Licenses for Schools and Academies" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CRESCENT PURCHASING CONSORTIUM LIMITED" published: "2025-10-24" --- # Software Licenses for Schools and Academies Buyer: CRESCENT PURCHASING CONSORTIUM LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d.json) ## Summary The Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for "Software Licenses for Schools and Academies," aiming to form a framework agreement for this industry. This process is taking place in the United Kingdom and falls under the goods category with a focus on software package suites. The engagement milestone is set for 20th November 2025, requiring interested suppliers to submit a questionnaire and declaration form by this due date. The planning involves gathering preliminary market engagement to review and propose a lot structure for software licenses, with the procurement process following legal requirements as per UK legislation. The projected contract value is significant, with an amount gross of £14.4 million and a base of £12 million, and involves a future communication notice date of 5th January 2026. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational software to expand their market reach in the education sector across the UK. With a focus on software licenses and associated services, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSE) are particularly encouraged to partake, given the framework's plan to support these organisations. The framework, once established, will benefit a range of educational bodies, including academies, schools, and further education institutions, providing a broad market scope. Businesses that can offer competitive and innovative software solutions are well-suited to contribute to and benefit from this substantial procurement opportunity. ## Notice This is an information gathering exercise named Preliminary Market Engagement. The purpose of this exercise is to gather information from suppliers who provide Software Licenses & Associated Services for Academies and Schools, outlined within the document available on Multiquote, to assist in forming the framework to meet the members requirement. We are looking to review the lot structure of the framework and engage with potential suppliers to create a proposed basket of goods to meet our varying member's needs. Following this, we aim to go out to tender, to form a framework that offers Software Licenses & Associated Services for Academies and Schools to the education sector Please complete the questionnaire along with the Preliminary Market Engagement Declaration. Details are available via MultiQuote: https://suppliers.multiquote.com. MultiQuote reference CA16627 Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to Further Education Institutions, Universities, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums and other similar organisations who are CPC Members (https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php) and all CPC future members (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-information-about-schools). Local Authorities may also wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments. If you wish to be involved in this Preliminary Market Engagement, please complete the questionnaire and sign and return the embedded Preliminary Market Declaration document by 11.59pm on 20th November 2025. MultiQuote reference CA16627 ### Planning Information Engagement ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068300-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Oct 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 5 Jan 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 14 Jul 2026 - 14 Jul 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £12,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CRESCENT PURCHASING CONSORTIUM LIMITED | | Locality | SALFORD | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M6 6AJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West | | Local authority | Salford | | Electoral ward | Pendleton & Charlestown | | Westminster constituency | Salford | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48422000 - Software package suites ## Release History - 24 Oct 2025 at 14:54 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068300-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068300-2025 24th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://suppliers.multiquote.com - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-information-about-schools - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05d39d.json.