Published date: 17 July 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 2 September 2020

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 £250,000,000

Procurement reference

20200717103224-86623

Published date

17 July 2020

Closing date

2 September 2020

Contract start date

1 December 2020

Contract end date

30 November 2024

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

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About the buyer

Contact name

Tammie Purdue

Address

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

Telephone

+44 1189357081

Email

t.purdue@reading.ac.uk

Website

https://www.supc.ac.uk