Awarded contract

Software Licence Agreements, Applications and Associated Services Framework

Details

Buyer: Nottinghamshire County Council
Supplier(s): Specialist Computer Centres PLC
Value: £25,000,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Software-related services
Published: 18 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) wish to put a Framework Agreement in place for the supply of its software licence agreements, applications and associated services. Within scope of the Framework is software purchased both for Council corporate use, maintained schools and a number of arms length organisations owned by the Council: • Core requirements are based around an Approved Product Portfolio; software that has been tested by the Council and is known to be compatible with the Council's current infrastructure. • Commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) • Associated services related to software including, but not limited to, training, installation and consultancy ## Contract award Title: Software Licence Agreements, Applications and Associated Services Framework

Timeline

Completed: Award date18 August 2025
Completed: Award published18 November 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Nottinghamshire County Council is a local authority whose procurement runs through a single, award-winning centralised team. Suppliers register on EastMidsTenders, the council's online tendering portal, to search for and submit tenders. Contracts above a published threshold are advertised there. The procurement team is organised into categories that mirror the council's own service areas, spanning adult social care, children's and cultural services, the chief executive's office and place-based services. A procurement pipeline lists contracts due for re-tender and new projects over the next two years, and is refreshed annually.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Nottinghamshire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, transport equipment and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

72260000 · Software-related services
72266000 · Software consultancy services
72268000 · Software supply services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov