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Microsoft Licences

Buyer: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh →

BuyerRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published27 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Microsoft Licences

Delivery location

UKM75

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Software package and information systems 48000000

Lot details

Lot 1

Microsoft Licencing. Additional information: Direct Award Call off from "ITS4052 SU Software Licence Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services (SLRA) Lot 1 – Microsoft and Associated Services"

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software package and information systemsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 486,0161 median · 8.9 average (2,206 of 6,016 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,556 of 6,016 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer21 median · 1 average (2 of 2 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM75601 median · 3.8 average (28 of 60 with a bid count)1.1 average (36 of 60 with named award suppliers)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 rationaleDirect Award Call off Contract from "ITS4052 SU Software Licence Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services (SLRA) Lot 1 – Microsoft and Associated Services"
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

081782-2026-RBGE-2026-064-1

Statusactive
SupplierSoftcat Plc

Contracts

081782-2026-RBGE-2026-064-1

Statusactive
Value£215,333

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06eda2
Latest release ID081782-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 27 2026 13:03:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Aug 2026award, contract081782-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
27 Aug 2026 · 081782-2026 · award, contract
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