Official UK procurement notice
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licenses
Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)·Consortium: 7 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFurther Competition from the Framework Agreement for Software Reseller Services (2023/S 000-012746)
CPV: License management software development services · License management software package · Software package and information systems
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 6 bids received (2.0 per place) · 3 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Further competition for the award of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement LicensesAwardedPublished value£30,000,000
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: 10
- Price: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licenses” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Oct 2022, 13:26 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2025, 09:29 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
ERFX1001592- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007745- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037322Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Nov 2022 → 4 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published4 Mar 2025, 09:29 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 May 2023- Status changed to complete4 May 2023, 10:03 BST
- Buyer details updated4 May 2023, 10:03 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Mar 2025, 09:29 GMT
- Buyer details updated4 Mar 2025, 09:29 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £30,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licenses
- Signed
- 24 Feb 2025
- Value
- £6,400,032
- Status
- active
Framework Agreement for Software Reseller Services
- Signed
- 27 Apr 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Framework Agreement for Software Reseller Services
- Signed
- 27 Apr 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Framework Agreement for Software Reseller Services
- Signed
- 27 Apr 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
6 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Mendip District CouncilContracting authority
- Sedgemoor District CouncilContracting authority
- Somerset County CouncilContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyRegional or local authorityGeneral public services
- Somerset West and Taunton CouncilContracting authority
- South Somerset District CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
- Public Procurement Review Service LondonReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Bytes Software ServicesFramework contractor
- Bytes Software ServicesFramework contractor
- Crayon LtdFramework contractor
- Insight Direct (UK) LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.