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# TC718 - Microsoft Licences

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc718-microsoft-licences-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa30). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "TC718 - Microsoft Licences". Published status: complete. Published Value: £6,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jan 2022, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Published Value:** £6,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 January 2022 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £6,225,346 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fa30`

## 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/tc718-microsoft-licences-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa30#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc718-microsoft-licences-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa30#participate

## Description
Microsoft Licence and Support Contract:
The Council currently has approximately 7300 staff located over 250 locations, with a mixed
estate of approximately 10,000 hardware devices split between laptops, desktops, tablets
and mobile phones. In addition, there are approximately 300 users (and an associated
quantity of endpoints) who qualify for Academic pricing. There are around 300 applications
in use, a large proportion of which can be accessed through a Citrix Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure. Much of the Council’s IT estate is underpinned by Microsoft technology. As
examples: use of Microsoft Office is still prevalent to support a number of dependent
applications and processes (including Microsoft Access). Windows Server, SQL, Windows
client OS, Active Directory and Remote Desktop Services continue to play a critical role in
the delivery of services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £6,000,000
- **Description:** Microsoft Licence and Support Contract further details are set out in the procurement
documents. Additional information: The Council is used the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants needed to
register their details at the following link w...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008119-2022-TC718-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Trustmarque Solutions Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-107540`
  - Value: £6,225,346 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008119-2022-TC718-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,225,346
  - Signed Date: 15/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008119-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-25T11:26:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:31:57.549Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02fa30