Published date: 5 December 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 2 September 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

  • Library software package - 48160000

    • Compliance software package - 48170000

    • Medical software package - 48180000

    • Educational software package - 48190000

    • Networking, Internet and intranet software package - 48200000

    • Networking software package - 48210000

    • Internet and intranet software package - 48220000

    • Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package - 48300000

    • Document creation software package - 48310000

    • Drawing and imaging software package - 48320000

    • Computer-aided design (CAD) software package - 48321000

    • Graphics software package - 48322000

    • Scheduling and productivity software package - 48330000

    • Business transaction and personal business software package - 48400000

    • Communication and multimedia software package - 48500000

    • Database and operating software package - 48600000

    • Miscellaneous software package and computer systems - 48900000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000,000 to £500,000,000

Procurement reference

20221205142110-86623

Published date

5 December 2022

Closing date

2 September 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

22 February 2021

Contract end date

21 February 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This tender is for the provision of software licensing and services for Windows, Microsoft, Adobe, VMWare and other miscellaneous or commercial off the shelf software sold via resellers. This framework also accommodates deals that may be in place directly with original software vendors (OSV). Successful resellers will be expected to provide added value services.
The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) awards and manages framework agreements for higher education and is acting as lead organisation on behalf of its members and also for members of the London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium(NEUPC), North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW), Advanced Procurement for universities and Colleges Limited (APUC) and Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). A full list of the participating Consortia members is available on the Consortia websites. All agreements resulting from this tender should be made available to and apply to all current and future members of the participating consortia.They should also apply to any member of any other Higher Education (HE) or Further Education (FE) purchasing consortium or any other higher education institution in the United Kingdom providing that they formally commit to participate in and support this Framework. SUPC will only grant permission at the request of the consortium, or an institution if it is not a member of a Consortium.

More information

Links

Award information

Awarded date

22 February 2022

Contract start date

22 February 2021

Contract end date

21 February 2025

Total value of contract

£500,000,000

This contract was awarded to 11 suppliers.

Academia Limited

Address

8, Kinetic Crescent, Innova Park, Enfield, EN3 7XH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Bytes Software Services Ltd

Address

Randalls Way, Leatherhead, KT22 7TW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

CDW Limited

Address

10 Fleet Place, EC4M 7RB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Civica UK Limited

Address

2 Burston Road, Putney, London, SW15 6AR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Insight Direct (UK) Ltd

Address

Technology Building, Insight Campus, Terry Street, Sheffield S9 2BU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Phoenix Software Ltd

Address

Blenheim House, York Road, Pocklington, York, YO42 1NS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Pugh Computers Limited

Address

Denver House, Lanon, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 5LP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Softcat PLC

Address

Solar House, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 1LW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SoftwareONE UK Ltd

Address

22 The Quadrant, Richmond Surrey, TW9 1BP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Trustmarque Solutions Ltd

Address

65 Gresham Street, London, England, EC2V 7NQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

XMA Limited

Address

Wilford Industrial Estate, Ruddington Lane, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7EP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Lewis

Address

Reading Enterprise Centre University of Reading
Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road
Reading
RG6 6BU
ENG

Telephone

+441183784304

Email

SUPC@reading.ac.uk

Website

https://www.supc.ac.uk