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Microsoft Unified Support

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Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Suffolk County Council: "Microsoft Unified Support". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySuffolk County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Suffolk County Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Suffolk County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
LEADING LIVES LIMITEDTop vendor: 37% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 61 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
LEADING LIVES LIMITED1 win£2,806,880
Break1 win£2,000,000
ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY1 win£1,925,067
REALISE FUTURES CIC1 win£848,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySuffolk County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Aug 2026, 10:54 BST
Last source update20 Aug 2026, 10:54 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06947c
What is being bought
Provision of a professionally run break/fix and proactive support service for Suffolk County Councils Microsoft Estate.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    20 Aug 2026, 10:54 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    8 May 2026, 13:22 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    8 May 2026, 11:48 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    8 May 2026, 11:48 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    8 May 2026, 11:48 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    20 Aug 2026, 10:54 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 25 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £506,825
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
MICROSOFT LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£506,825 · signed 25 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHVH-1657-HHMV
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleSuffolk County Council operates a highly complex and business‑critical Microsoft estate that underpins the delivery of essential public services across the county. The scale, integration and sensitivity of this environment require deep, specialist expertise to ensure stability, security and continuity. Microsoft, as the platform provider, operator and strategic technology partner, is uniquely positioned to deliver these incident support, forward planning and strategic support services cohesively under a single contract, ensuring architectural integrity, clear accountability and a consistent approach across the entire estate. During the lifetime of this contract, Suffolk County Council will enter a period of Local Government Reorganisation and Devolution. This represents the most significant and transformative phase of change the councils of Suffolk have faced in recent history, introducing unprecedented technical, organisational and operational complexity. The risks associated with this scale of transformation-spanning service continuity, data governance, security, collaboration, and user experience-are substantial.