Official UK procurement notice
UK Authorised Microsoft CSP Indirect Provider with Added Value Services
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCantium Business Solutions Ltd, and its trading brands (Cantium), is a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo) delivering ICT managed services that is ultimately owned by Kent County Council (KCC) and is part of the Commercial Services Group (CSG). Cantium, and its trading brands, provides ICT Managed Services to its customers across the UK within the Education, Local Authority, and the Private sector. As a LATCo, we are proud of our Public Sector heritage, which has given us a foundation in business delivery and infrastructure insight. This uniquely enables us to drive innovation and progressive practices to deliver the best value for our clients.
Cantium supports its customers by offering advice and guidance on the use of Information Technology to maximise the business benefits of current systems and support the delivery of new products and services.
Cantium is looking to partner as a reseller with an Authorised UK Microsoft CSP Indirect Provider to act as the licence provider for Microsoft products for resale to its customers.
This Agreement shall commence on 3rd February 2026 and shall continue in force for up to 36 months unless terminated in accordance with the partner contractual conditions or extended in accordance with clause 2.6.
The buyer has the right to request up to two x 12-month extensions to this contract, providing the supplier with a minimum notice of 30 days prior to the contract end date. Therefore, the maximum possible contract length will be 60 months.
Any contractual offer made will be against a zero-value agreement as any sales will be based on best value for our customers. However, the total contract value over the 60 month period is estimated at circa £7 million inclusive of VAT.
All bidders are to confirm alignment with the principles of Cantium’s Supply Chain Charter.
Further background and technical information can be found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.
CPV: Information technology services · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the ITT documentation.
Any award will be subject to validation of Legal and Financial capacity.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the ITT documentation.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Mandatory (Non-Technical) Requirements: 10%
- General Requirement: 10%
- Value-Added Services: 35%
- Technical Specification including Price Books: 45%
Published award criteria (4)
- Mandatory (Non-Technical) Requirements
- Technical Specification including Price Books: includes pricing
- General Requirement
- Value-Added Services
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the ITT documentation.
Any award will be subject to validation of Legal and Financial capacity.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the ITT documentation.
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2026, 15:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
979697443- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057051- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059b8eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit your response via the eDelta Portal, following the instructions within the ITT documentation.
csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2U5ZP54V3W ↗
eDelta Portal Supplier Registration: www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html ↗
Timeline
16 Sept 2025 → 18 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by375 days ago12 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline368 days ago19 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent353 days ago3 Nov 2025
- Award decision expected by345 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends327 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts261 days ago3 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published126 days ago18 Jun 2026, 15:20 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025- Tender notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Feb 2026, 14:49 GMTUK7
- Contract details notice published18 Jun 2026, 15:20 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 16 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow ECS Limited3 Feb 2026 – 2 Feb 2029 · up to 2 Feb 2031Extensions: Optional 2 x 12 month contract extensions | £7,000,000 inc. VAT | 3 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Arrow ECS Limited
- Signed
- 5 Dec 2025
- Value
- £7,000,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 3 Feb 2026 – 2 Feb 2029 · up to 2 Feb 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Optional 2 x 12 month contract extensions
- Change Redacted copy of the contract agreement included.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonARROW ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ARROW ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract Commercially redacted Mid-Tier Award Form added
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender