What counts as a software tender?

Buying or renewing a software product counts: a SaaS subscription, a software licence, a G-Cloud Cloud Software call-off, or a bespoke build like a case management or asset management system. Support desks, network contracts and general cloud hosting are a different category and have their own page, IT Contracts and Tenders.

Who buys software contracts in the UK public sector?

Councils, NHS trusts, central government departments, universities, colleges and housing associations all run software tenders. Finance, HR and payroll systems and case management platforms come up often, and a growing share is bought as a SaaS subscription rather than a one-off licence.

What's the difference between a SaaS contract and a software licence?

A SaaS contract buys access to software the supplier hosts and runs, usually as an ongoing subscription with updates and support built in. A software licence more often buys the right to install and run software the buyer hosts itself, sometimes as a one-off cost with support and maintenance billed separately. Both routes now sit side by side on the same G-Cloud framework.

How do suppliers bid for public sector software contracts?

Software tenders are published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, and through G-Cloud, where the Cloud Software lot is the main route for SaaS products.

What CPV codes cover software tenders?

Software tenders map most often to a general software package and information systems heading, alongside codes for software-related services, software supply services, and maintenance of IT software. A single notice often carries two or three of these together.

Software Contracts and Tenders

See open software tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Software procurement here means SaaS contracts, subscriptions and licences, plus anything bought through G-Cloud's Cloud Software lot, from a council swapping out its finance system to an NHS trust renewing a case management licence. Service desks, networks and cloud hosting sit on the IT Contracts and Tenders page instead.

Most of what is on record is already awarded.

10,098 results

Closed tender, closed 31 March 2020Published 12 August 2020
ENHT - RIS (Radiology Wellbeing Software)
Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS NHS ProcurementSoftware package and information systems
£350,000
Expired contract, expired 31 August 2022Published 12 August 2020
EHRC 1718-12 Ransomware Client Security & IT software subscriptions
EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONSupplier(s) Phoenix Software LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 31 August 2017
£60,996.57
Expired contract, expired 30 June 2021Published 12 August 2020
Provision of License Support for Nexor
Ministry of DefenceSupplier(s) CDW LtdSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 30 June 2020
£309,013.02
Expired contract, expired 30 August 2019Published 11 August 2020
MHCLG Deputy Software Subscription and Implementation
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local GovernmentSupplier(s) BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITEDIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 21 August 2019
£34,812
Closed tender, closed 1 August 2019Published 11 August 2020
MHCLG Deputy Software Subscription and Implementation
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local GovernmentIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£34,812
Closed tender, closed 3 March 2020Published 10 August 2020
MHCLG Software Subscription renewal
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local GovernmentIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£51,667
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2022Published 10 August 2020
MHCLG Software Subscription renewal
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local GovernmentSupplier(s) ARCH CONSULTING LIMITEDIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 3 March 2020
£51,667.94
Expired contract, expired 30 July 2022Published 10 August 2020
GB-Glasgow: C.E.M SaaS Software.
Student Loans CompanySupplier(s) Softcat PLCSoftware support servicesAwarded 31 July 2020
£5,734,453.52
Closed tender, closed 31 July 2020Published 10 August 2020
GB-Glasgow: C.E.M SaaS Software.
Student Loans CompanySoftware support services
£5,734,453
Closed tender, closed 14 August 2020Published 9 August 2020
itt__31388 - Provision of License Renewal for Existing Prescribing Software
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustIT software package
£39,000
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Awarded contractPublished 8 August 2020
Industry specific software package
United Learning TrustSupplier(s) Arbor Education LtdIndustry specific software packageAwarded 17 July 2020
£1,433,994
Closed tender, closed 7 September 2020Published 7 August 2020
Software package and information systems
The Open UniversityDatabase software package
£12,000,000
Closed tender, closed 21 August 2020Published 7 August 2020
MOJ Cybersecurity Log Collection and Aggregation Platform
Ministry of Justice
£400,000
Closed tender, closed 6 January 2021Published 7 August 2020
DDaT20367 UKRI-BAS HR System
UK Shared Business Services - UKSBSSoftware package and information systems
£177,385
Awarded contractPublished 5 August 2020
Data services
Houses of the Oireachtas ServiceSoftware support services
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 28 August 2020Published 5 August 2020
RFT Governance & Board Meeting Software Application.
Medical Council
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 10 July 2020Published 4 August 2020
2XZY - Misc. Service
Newcastle UniversityLicense management software package
£28,776
Expired contract, expired 1 March 2022Published 4 August 2020
EBC/2020/NJB/IAR - AWARD
SE Shared ServicesSupplier(s) Flowz LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 1 March 2020
£5,580
Expired contract, expired 11 July 2020Published 4 August 2020
2XZY - Misc. Service
Newcastle UniversitySupplier(s) Blackbaud Europe LtdLicense management software packageAwarded 10 July 2020
£28,776.29
Closed tender, closed 31 January 2020Published 4 August 2020
EBC/2020/NJB/IAR - AWARD
SE Shared ServicesSoftware package and information systems
Value not stated

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about saas contracts, software contract, software tenders, software as a service, cloud software, software subscription, software licensing, SaaS, database software in the UK public sector.

What counts as a software tender?
Buying or renewing a software product counts: a SaaS subscription, a software licence, a G-Cloud Cloud Software call-off, or a bespoke build like a case management or asset management system. Support desks, network contracts and general cloud hosting are a different category and have their own page, IT Contracts and Tenders.
Who buys software contracts in the UK public sector?
Councils, NHS trusts, central government departments, universities, colleges and housing associations all run software tenders. Finance, HR and payroll systems and case management platforms come up often, and a growing share is bought as a SaaS subscription rather than a one-off licence.
What's the difference between a SaaS contract and a software licence?
A SaaS contract buys access to software the supplier hosts and runs, usually as an ongoing subscription with updates and support built in. A software licence more often buys the right to install and run software the buyer hosts itself, sometimes as a one-off cost with support and maintenance billed separately. Both routes now sit side by side on the same G-Cloud framework.
How do suppliers bid for public sector software contracts?
Software tenders are published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, and through G-Cloud, where the Cloud Software lot is the main route for SaaS products.
What CPV codes cover software tenders?
Software tenders map most often to a general software package and information systems heading, alongside codes for software-related services, software supply services, and maintenance of IT software. A single notice often carries two or three of these together.

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ENHT - RIS (Radiology Wellbeing Software)

EHRC 1718-12 Ransomware Client Security & IT software subscriptions

Provision of License Support for Nexor

MHCLG Deputy Software Subscription and Implementation

MHCLG Deputy Software Subscription and Implementation

MHCLG Software Subscription renewal

MHCLG Software Subscription renewal

GB-Glasgow: C.E.M SaaS Software.

GB-Glasgow: C.E.M SaaS Software.

itt__31388 - Provision of License Renewal for Existing Prescribing Software

Industry specific software package

Software package and information systems

MOJ Cybersecurity Log Collection and Aggregation Platform

DDaT20367 UKRI-BAS HR System

Data services

RFT Governance & Board Meeting Software Application.

2XZY - Misc. Service

EBC/2020/NJB/IAR - AWARD

2XZY - Misc. Service

EBC/2020/NJB/IAR - AWARD

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