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Published 1 Dec 2025, 15:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Microsoft Office 365 licenses

Official notice

Authority: Science Museum Group (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£951,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renewal of the Office 365 Subscription Agreement with Microsoft, which provide access to our Office Suite, Teams Telephony, SharePoint, Intranet and several other security & compliance features.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
48000000 Software package and information systems

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £951,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028£951,000—Standstill

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Dec 2025, 15:06 GMT
Last source update
1 Dec 2025, 15:06 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078555
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec18 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Microsoft is the sole provider of Office 365 services, including Teams Telephony, SharePoint, and associated security and compliance features. These services are proprietary and cannot be supplied or maintained by any other vendor. Alternative solutions would not meet our operational and interoperability requirements without disproportionate cost and disruption.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 15:06 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Science Museum Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDTR-3338-MNPG The Science Museum, London, London, SW7 2DDContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender