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title: "DE - North West Regional College (on behalf of all FE Colleges NI) ABW licence support"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/de-north-west-regional-college-on-behalf-of-all-fe-colleges-ni-abw-licence-support-ocds-h6vhtk-028853"
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# DE - North West Regional College (on behalf of all FE Colleges NI) ABW licence support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/de-north-west-regional-college-on-behalf-of-all-fe-colleges-ni-abw-licence-support-ocds-h6vhtk-028853). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North West Regional College: "DE - North West Regional College (on behalf of all FE Colleges NI) ABW licence support". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [North West Regional College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-west-regional-college-GB-PPON-PRHT-9325-BBHZ)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Custom software development services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software-related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £475,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028853`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/de-north-west-regional-college-on-behalf-of-all-fe-colleges-ni-abw-licence-support-ocds-h6vhtk-028853#tl-md)

## Description
The Department of Economy, North West Regional College, on behalf of all FE Colleges Northern Ireland, require software maintenance of  their current software Licences to  ensure that licences are maintained and access to the current versions is available . This notice is to advise the proposed award of contract to an economic operator to allow for the provision of necessary services required for the contract, due to technical reasons and for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights . The Contractor is
the sole provider to the software under PCR 2015 regulation 32.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 72230000, 72260000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** The Department of Economy, North West Regional College, on behalf of all FE Colleges Northern Ireland, require software maintenance of  their current software Licences to  ensure that licences are maintained and access to the current versions is avai...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 000269-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Unit 4 Business Software Ireland Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-665`
  - Value: £475,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000269-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £475,000
  - Signed Date: 07/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000269-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-07T13:16:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T20:58:36.464Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028853