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Published 21 May 2025, 11:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Microsoft E5 Licensing · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

GoodsAward under frameworkAbove threshold
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 2 Oct 2029 · starts 3 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sandwell Council will require Microsoft E5 Licences. E5 is recognised across the public sector as being the preferred level of licensing where cyber security resilience is seen as being important.

The higher level E5 licensing includes tools for increased protection of the council's business applications and data.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

The information in this UK1 Pipeline Notice is purely for information, and no further details are available at this stage. Please do not contact the DIO contracting authority regarding this UK1 Pipeline Notice. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice if the opportunity progresses.

(PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY)

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrs
Contract period: 3 Oct 2027 – 2 Oct 2029 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award under framework
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2025, 11:04 BST
Last source update
21 May 2025, 11:04 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023684
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051a1a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 3 Oct 2027 · 2 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:04 BST
  2. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  3. Contract startsin 339 days
    3 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:04 BST
    UK1

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

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJHD-8764-YRJJ Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender