Official UK procurement notice
Microsoft E5 Licensing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSandwell 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 publishedLot #1Planned
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051a1aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 May 2025 → 3 Oct 2027 · 2 dates- Planning notice published21 May 2025, 11:04 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 339 days3 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published21 May 2025, 11:04 BSTUK1
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender