Schools Microsoft Enterprise Licensing Agreement

Buyer
Newcastle City Council
Value
Not published
Closes
19 November 2026
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne, the North East
Type
Call-off from an existing framework

In plain English

Newcastle City Council is looking for one supplier to renew its Microsoft software licensing for its schools. The current licence agreement is expiring, so the council wants to replace it with a new single-supplier agreement. The buyer will select the supplier through a further competition run under an existing government framework.

What the buyer wants

• Supply a single-vendor Microsoft licensing agreement to replace the expiring one for Newcastle's schools • Bid in a further competition run through the OPEN tendering portal under CCS framework RM6068 Lot 3 • Be able to deliver and manage the licensing arrangement for the council's schools over the new agreement term

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Any business not already on CCS framework RM6068 Lot 3 cannot bid, and a single-vendor enterprise licensing agreement for a council's schools is generally only realistic for established software resellers with the scale to hold and manage it.

How to bid

This looks like a call-off from an existing framework, which usually means only suppliers already on that framework can bid. Check the notice before spending time on it.

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