Microsoft Tenders and Contracts

M365 licensing and renewal, cloud backup for M365 data, and licensing bought through an authorised reseller are the most common shapes. Some notices mention Microsoft only as one product inside a wider IT support or cyber security contract, so read the individual notice for the exact scope.

Stotles brings together Microsoft tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Microsoft licences are mostly called off from Crown Commercial Service technology products and software frameworks through an authorised reseller, and Dynamics implementation is bought through G-Cloud.

Microsoft tenders are scored on licence pricing, reseller support, licence optimisation advice, implementation capability and partner accreditation. Licence renewals recur every few years, so the agreement end date is the moment to bid.

Resellers must be authorised Microsoft partners for the licensing programmes involved, and cloud services must be configured to meet UK data protection law and NCSC cloud security principles. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Microsoft buying is mostly call-offs from the Technology Products and Associated Services framework and G-Cloud, alongside sector reseller agreements, and many licence deals are renewals. NHS trusts, fire and rescue services, colleges, councils, regulators and energy and infrastructure bodies are the buyers of Microsoft licences.

Read digital and technology strategies, licence and contract renewal dates, architecture reviews and early market engagement notices, which show Microsoft work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Microsoft notices carry 48000000 (Software package and information systems), 48300000 (Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package) and 72212218 (License management software development services).