Official UK procurement notice
Coastline Microsoft licensing renewal
Authority: COASTLINE HOUSING LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRenewal of the Microsoft Licencing Agreement with Microsoft, which provide access to
our Microsoft Software applications including, but not limited to Microsoft Office, Teams,
SharePoint, E-mail service, Remote server access, SQL services and several other
security & compliance functions features.17 or more individual licences/SKUs.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jun 2026, 09:31 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2026, 11:01 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066634- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bda7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The contract has been awarded without competition in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 due to technical reasons and the absence of a reasonable alternative. Microsoft provides a fully integrated and interoperable software platform embedded across critical systems, and substitution would lead to disproportionate technical and operational risk. The award has been fully benchmarked and delivers value for money through compliant charitable pricing.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published26 Jun 2026, 09:31 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published26 Jun 2026, 09:37 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Jul 2026, 11:01 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Ltd8 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029 | £325,206 inc. VAT | 26 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Microsoft Ltd
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2026
- Value
- £325,206 inc. VAT
- Period
- 8 Jul 2026 – 29 Jul 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Not required - contract value below £5 million
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MICROSOFT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender