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# Proprietary software license and maintenance - Ansys

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proprietary-software-license-and-maintenance-ansys-ocds-h6vhtk-02bcb2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** ANSYS is industry standard software (incorporating a huge range of individual pieces of software including Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural and Thermal Finite Element Analysis, Dynamic systems modelling, and Fluid Structure interaction, all integrated such that systems can be linked, parametrically modified, meshed and optimised through design exploration tools). Unfortunately no other software does all this. Sole Supplier of the course software and no alternative software packages exist that can offer the required functionality.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Plymouth](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-plymouth-urn-133865)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £12,140 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bcb2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proprietary-software-license-and-maintenance-ansys-ocds-h6vhtk-02bcb2#tl-md)

## Description
ANSYS is industry standard software (incorporating a huge range of individual pieces of software including Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural and Thermal Finite Element Analysis, Dynamic systems modelling, and Fluid Structure interaction, all integrated such that systems can be linked, parametrically modified, meshed and optimised through design exploration tools).  Unfortunately no other software does all this.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Sole Supplier of the course software and no alternative software packages exist that can offer the required functionality. ANSYS is industry standard software (incorporating a huge range of individual pieces of software including Computational Fluid ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Mechanical Software (active)
  - Award id: `013631-2021-FSE/AUK/JF/06/21-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ansys UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-19697`
  - Value: £12,140 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Mechanical Software (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,140
  - Signed Date: 16/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015506-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-06T09:08:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-05T17:21:11.991Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bcb2