---
title: "Provision of Workday Licences"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078fba"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Intellectual Property Office"
published: "2026-10-27"
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# Provision of Workday Licences

Buyer: Intellectual Property Office  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078fba

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## Summary

The Intellectual Property Office bought Workday software licences and associated subscription rights. The licences provide access to agreed Workday modules and support bringing human resources, finance and payroll into one system for managing people, payroll, financial and related business processes. This is a software and information-systems requirement, rather than a bespoke development project. The procurement was run by the Intellectual Property Office, a central government body based in Newport. The requirement covers both the software licences and the associated subscription rights needed to use the modules and services. The information describes a unified system environment for the office’s internal business processes.

The procurement has been awarded to Softcat PLC through a direct award under the RM6285 Back Office Software 2 framework. The award was made on 27 October 2026. Its value is £3,388,614.14 excluding VAT (£4,066,336.97 including VAT). The contract period runs from 6 November 2026 to 5 November 2032. There is one lot, covering the Workday licences. The Intellectual Property Office’s market assessment concluded that only one reseller could meet its requirements, citing that supplier’s partnership with Workday and authorised reseller status. The award records Softcat as the selected supplier; its status is pending.

For suppliers preparing for a future requirement of this kind, the decisive capability is access to Workday licences and subscription rights, together with the authority to resell them. The buyer’s stated assessment indicates that a Workday partnership and authorised reseller status were central to satisfying its requirements. A credible competitor would therefore need to establish an equivalent route to the required licences and the ability to provide the associated services, not simply general software supply or systems integration. Experience supporting Workday modules across human resources, finance and payroll, and bringing those functions into a single system environment, would be relevant to demonstrating fit with this buyer’s requirement. The procurement also shows that this buyer uses a framework route for back-office software purchases.

## Notice

Workday software licences and associated subscription rights. The licences will enable the agreed Workday modules and services to be accessed and will support the integration of HR, Finance and Payroll into a single system environment for managing people, payroll, financial and related business processes

### Procurement Information

The contract was awarded via direct award under the RM6285 Back Office Software 2 (BOS2) Framework. Following market assessment, it was established that only one reseller, through its partnership and authorised reseller status with Workday, was able to provide the required Workday licences and associated services in accordance with the Intellectual Property Office requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101354-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 6 Nov 2026 - 5 Nov 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,388,614 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Intellectual Property Office |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Postcode area | Newport |
| Postcode | NP10 8QQ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport |
| Local authority | Newport |
| Electoral ward | Tredegar Park and Marshfield |
| Westminster constituency | Newport West and Islwyn |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Softcat Plc |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 27 Oct 2026 at 09:54 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101354-2026
- 26 Oct 2026 at 09:00 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100811-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101354-2026
  27th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100811-2026
  26th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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