plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Provision of Microsoft EA & Azure

Buyer: Intellectual Property Office →

BuyerIntellectual Property Office

Statusplanned

Deadline20 Dec 2026

Value£19,000,000

Published14 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licenses & Microsoft Azure

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Value£19,000,000

Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2030

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Software package and information systems	Not 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 set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 48	6,402	1 median · 8.7 average (2,339 of 6,402 with a bid count)	1.7 average (2,730 of 6,402 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	159	Not published	Not published	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 agreementYes

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyallowed

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

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

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-06e32e
Latest release ID	077456-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri Aug 14 2026 07:32:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	open
Procurement method details	Competitive flexible procedure
Main procurement category	goods
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	2026-12-20T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	2027-02-28T23:59:59Z
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£19,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
14 Aug 2026	planningUpdate	077456-2026
14 Aug 2026	planningUpdate	077455-2026
13 Aug 2026	planning	077035-2026

All source data

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

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