Awarded contract

Az Guardian Managed service

Details

Buyer: UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS
Supplier(s): Phoenix Software Limited
Value: £13,600
Duration: 3 years
Topic: License management software package
Published: 17 February 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

***Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition*** UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for Az Guardian Managed service. This has been procured via below threshold competitive quotation. ***Contract Variation 001 has been conducted to scale up the individual subscriptions, and the terms under which subscriptions can be added and removed clarified. The total additional cost due to variation 001 is totalled at £2,800.00 excluding VAT.

Timeline

Completed: Award published17 February 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 March 2025
Next: Contract expiry date29 February 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS is a central government shared services provider whose procurement team runs procurements for public bodies such as UK Research & Innovation. Every competitively tendered procurement runs through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal, where suppliers register. Lower value opportunities are advertised on Contracts Finder and higher value contracts on Find a Tender. Frameworks hosted by the service, such as one for laboratory consumables, are open to eligible public bodies. Advice on procurement routes and supplier performance sits with the same team. Suppliers to the shared service centre itself have mostly been appointed through Crown Commercial Service frameworks.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

48218000 · License management software package

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-shared-business-services-uksbs.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-shared-business-services-uksbs.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-shared-business-services-uksbs.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-shared-business-services-uksbs.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-shared-business-services-uksbs.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-shared-business-services-uksbs.gov