Official UK procurement notice
Oracle Licensing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Riverside Group Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRequired software licensing relating to the organisation's Oracle ERP licensing including Finance, Procurement and Human Capital Management related functionality. Up to 4315 of specific licenses where applicable
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 24 Jul 2026, 09:02 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 12:22 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074672- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d2a5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Continued use of strategic software with licenses sourced directly from the software author, saving reseller fees.
- Risks
The Riverside Group may need to expand the volumes of licenses under this contract during the term (initial or optional extension) but at time of publication do not have a firm requirement.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published24 Jul 2026, 09:02 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Jul 2026, 09:53 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published6 Aug 2026, 12:22 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected6 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited6 Aug 2026 – 6 Aug 2028 · up to 6 Aug 2030Extensions: It shall be possible to extend the initial 2 year term by a further single period of 2 years subject to prior value for money considerations. | £3,552,920 inc. VAT | 23 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Signed
- 27 Jul 2026
- Value
- £3,552,920 inc. VAT
- Period
- 6 Aug 2026 – 6 Aug 2028 · up to 6 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- It shall be possible to extend the initial 2 year term by a further single period of 2 years subject to prior evaluation of value for money and continued business need.
No agreed KPIs: Contract value including extensions is below £5 million including VAT and the goods required are purely software licenses provision with standard support.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ORACLE CORPORATION UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender