Official UK procurement notice
Renewal of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Related Services
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract award notice is issued in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 to inform the market of the contracting authority's intention to award a contract to Microsoft for the renewal of:
- Enterprise licensing,
- Software Assurance on existing perpetual licences,
- Other Microsoft subscriptions,
- Unified Support services.
For a five year term.
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
- Utilities
- 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
- 11 Dec 2025, 20:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Dec 2025, 20:28 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082252- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f460Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
United Utilities intends to enter into a further contract with Microsoft on the following basis:
The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier, which are intended as an extension to or partial replacement of existing goods, services or works in circumstances where
a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from or incompatible with the existing goods services or works; and
b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published11 Dec 2025, 20:15 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Dec 2025, 20:28 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Ltd1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2030Options: Annual true up of licences for growth, including the purchase of additional Microsoft licences and subscriptions as required. | £27,250,000 | 4 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MICROSOFT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender