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Microsoft Enterprise subscription

Buyer: Westmorland and Furness Council →

BuyerWestmorland and Furness Council

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£2,000,000

Published23 May 2025

What is being bought

Microsoft Enterprise subscriptions

Delivery location

UKD1, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Jul 2030

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	License management software package, Subscription services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is License management software package (48218000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 48	6,837	1 median · 9.6 average (2,488 of 6,837 with a bid count)	1.8 average (2,928 of 6,837 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKD1	14	6 median · 7.8 average (6 of 14 with a bid count)	1 average (6 of 14 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	394	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-0524dc
Latest release ID	027072-2025
Latest release timestamp	Fri May 23 2025 16:26:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	open
Procurement method details	Open procedure
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£2,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
23 May 2025	planningUpdate	027072-2025
23 May 2025	planning	027062-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

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