Official UK procurement notice
Jisc Google for Education Reseller Framework Agreement
Authority: Jisc Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis opportunity is for the Contracting Authority who wishes to establish a single-lot, multi-supplier Open framework agreement covering the supply of Google for Education products and services.
The Google products, editions, and base prices available under this Framework are to be governed by a separate commercial agreement between Jisc Services Limited and Google (the 'Jisc-Google Agreement').
Google Workspace for Education editions
- Gemini for Education
- Chrome Education Upgrade
- ChromeOS Flex
- Any Google Cloud Platform commitments or credits permitted under the Jisc-Google Agreement
The Supplier(s) shall manage the full licence lifecycle including new licence provisioning, renewals, upgrades and downgrades, true-ups and true-downs, and migrations between permitted editions, and provide full wrap-around support services to customers.
- How the procedure runs: The tender procedure will comprise of two elements; Stage 1 - Shortlisting Interested parties may respond to shortlisting criteria, and it will be used to shortlist resellers who will be invited to bid. (Numbers to be shortlisted TBC) Stage 2 - Bidding Shortlisted parties will bid against award criteria, with awards anticipated to go to 5-6 suppliers. Whilst shortlisting and award criteria is subject to change, prospective Bidders will need to be verifiable Google Premium partners in order to bid.
CPV: Software package and information systems · Software-related services · System and support services · Systems and technical consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Sept 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Aug 2034
- Buyer regions
- UK
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
3.50% of call-off value · This Framework will be sustained, in part, by means of Supplier contributions as linked to Buyer use of the Service. This will be implemented as a Service Fee which will be in the form of a retrospective rebate paid to JSL quarterly in arrears on all expenditure under the Service at 3.5%. This will be paid to JSL within 30 days of receipt of a correctly rendered invoice. JSL will carry out regular spot checks and reviews with Buyers who have access to the Service. In the event that a discrepancy between the report provided by a Supplier and the records of the Buyer are at odds then the Supplier will agree to provide the outstanding balance
Who may buy through it
TBC though this is expected to be limited to FE, HE and adjacent educational contracting authorities in the UK and Ireland.
Published description of the framework
Framework buyers will be permitted to utilise;
- direct award option based upon cascade ranking I.e. Top ranked, followed by next highest ranked supplier where highest cannot fulfil, and so on
- Further-competition amongst all suppliers using tailored requirements based around established framework award criteria
- Desktop calculator where framework award criteria is adjusted to better reflect a Buyer's requirements
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Financial and insurance
Information security
Data protection
Accessibility
Business continuity
Experience
Qualifications and technical capability
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality sub-criteria expected as follows: Provision of licenses Onboarding, deployment and transition Technical support and service management Training, enablement and adoption support Added value Compliance and data assurance Commercial and operational governance Anticipated overall quality criteria weighting is 60%, with sub-weightings TBC
- Price: Price sub-criteria expected as follows; Reseller margin Additional supporting services and charges Ongoing support and account management charges Exit and transition charges The anticipated overall Price criteria weighting is 40%, with sub-criteria is TBC,
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Financial and insurance
Information security
Data protection
Accessibility
Business continuity
Experience
Qualifications and technical capability
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Jisc Google for Education Reseller Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Jisc Services Limited buys Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222), and who usually turns up
Jisc Services Limited’s UK market comparison describes the UK delivery area in the notice. The notice also lists non-UK areas, so the comparison may not describe the whole procedure. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 136 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 3%
2–317% / 27%
4–60% / 24%
7+83% / 45%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7222Estimate not published
The notice lists UK and non-UK delivery areas for this lot. The figures below use UK market history and may not describe competition across every area.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. Published delivery includes UK and non-UK areas, so the UK model may not describe every area. The bar shows 19 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–321%
4–637%
7+26%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- TBC though this is expected to be limited to FE, HE and adjacent educational contracting authorities in the UK and Ireland. · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Apr 2026, 14:37 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2026, 09:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
Proc2852- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055528- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0688aeFind a Tender
- How it runs
The tender procedure will comprise of two elements;
Stage 1 - Shortlisting
Interested parties may respond to shortlisting criteria, and it will be used to shortlist resellers who will be invited to bid. (Numbers to be shortlisted TBC)
Stage 2 - Bidding
Shortlisted parties will bid against award criteria, with awards anticipated to go to 5-6 suppliers.
Whilst shortlisting and award criteria is subject to change, prospective Bidders will need to be verifiable Google Premium partners in order to bid.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Appointment period ends
- 29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · 3.50% of call-off value · This Framework will be sustained, in part, by means of Supplier contributions as linked to Buyer use of the Service. This will be implemented as a Service Fee which will be in the form of a retrospective rebate paid to JSL quarterly in arrears on all expenditure under the Service at 3.5%. This will be paid to JSL within 30 days of receipt of a correctly rendered invoice. JSL will carry out regular spot checks and reviews with Buyers who have access to the Service. In the event that a discrepancy between the report provided by a Supplier and the records of the Buyer are at odds then the Supplier will agree to provide the outstanding balance
This project is not currently listed on our eTendering portal, but will be in due course, and interested parties are encouraged to register in preperation.
Registrations are free of charge and should take two minutes. It is advised to use a generic company email address e.g. info@ or sales@
Timeline
22 Apr 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published182 days ago22 Apr 2026, 14:37 BST
- Latest notice published131 days ago12 Jun 2026, 09:59 BST
- Tender notice expected90 days ago22 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by83 days ago29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends83 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by53 days ago28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Apr 2026- Pipeline notice published22 Apr 2026, 14:37 BSTUK1
- Planned procurement notice published12 Jun 2026, 09:59 BSTUK3
- Procurement method changed12 Jun 2026, 09:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender