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.

10,077 results

Closed tender, closed 2 January 2019Published 22 November 2018
Software package and information systems
Liverpool City CouncilSoftware package and information systems
£450,000
Expired contract, expired 27 February 2022Published 22 November 2018
BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite - Collaboration Edition Software Licenses
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory AgencySupplier(s) Phoenix Software LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 27 February 2018
£81,468
Closed tender, closed 15 January 2019Published 22 November 2018
TC 987 - Provision of the Supply and Implementation of a Legal Case Management System
Manchester City Council
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2020Published 21 November 2018
CO - ICT managed service contract
Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) HCM SOLUTIONS LIMITEDIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 1 October 2018
£900,000
Expired contract, expired 30 June 2020Published 20 November 2018
UoD Network Equipment Supplies 2018
University of DerbySupplier(s) Logicalis UK LimitedNetwork equipmentAwarded 20 July 2018
£300,000
Expired contract, expired 20 November 2019Published 20 November 2018
Oracle Database software licenses for the CAS
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory AgencySupplier(s) ORACLE CORPORATION UK LIMITEDSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 29 November 2017
£36,511
Closed tender, closed 3 December 2018Published 19 November 2018
NLEDP 097 LEDS Delivery Partner
Home Office
£55,000,000
Awarded contractPublished 19 November 2018
Oracle Business Analyst (DBA)
Home OfficeSupplier(s) Lucid Support Services LimitedAwarded 19 November 2018
£69,430
Awarded contractPublished 19 November 2018
WP1663 Private Beta/Beta to understand how we can move away from PSN to use networks in the future
Government Digital ServiceSupplier(s) M4 Digital Group LtdAwarded 19 November 2018
£240,240
Awarded contractPublished 19 November 2018
Computer-related services
Transport for LondonSupplier(s) Granicus-Firmstep LtdElectronic mail software development servicesAwarded 3 October 2018
£103,325
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Awarded contractPublished 19 November 2018
Oracle Business Analyst
Home OfficeSupplier(s) People Source Consulting LtdAwarded 19 November 2018
£83,971
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2019Published 16 November 2018
DMO - Market data software contract
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) Thomson ReutersSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 7 March 2018
£425,000
Expired contract, expired 5 January 2019Published 16 November 2018
CO - Software licenses contract
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) Salesforce UK LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 5 December 2017
£19,501
Closed tender, closed 30 November 2018Published 16 November 2018
Plan migration from our legacy housing management system and provide ongoing coaching and challenge
Lewisham Homes Limited
£87,500
Closed tender, closed 17 December 2018Published 15 November 2018
ICT Strategic Partner
Wirral Metropolitan Borough CouncilIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£10,000,000
Closed tender, closed 28 November 2018Published 14 November 2018
CCT664 - EA Delivery Partner for DBS FRHS Programme
Ministry of Defence
£6,050,000
Closed tender, closed 23 November 2018Published 13 November 2018
Revenues & Benefits Service, Customer Access and Emergency Out of Hours
Rossendale Borough CouncilSoftware package and information systems
£144,000
Closed tender, closed 21 November 2018Published 13 November 2018
T1923 - Autodesk software licences to subscription, support and updates
Belfast City Council
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 31 December 2019Published 13 November 2018
WP3422 - One Source Business Integration Partner - AWARD
Walsall Metropolitan Borough CouncilSupplier(s) CIVITEQ TRADING LIMITEDComputer support and consultancy servicesAwarded 20 July 2018
£1,050,000
Closed tender, closed 14 December 2018Published 13 November 2018
Provision of an Auditory Implant Service Clinical Database
University of SouthamptonDatabase-management system
£525,000

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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Software package and information systems

BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite - Collaboration Edition Software Licenses

TC 987 - Provision of the Supply and Implementation of a Legal Case Management System

CO - ICT managed service contract

UoD Network Equipment Supplies 2018

Oracle Database software licenses for the CAS

NLEDP 097 LEDS Delivery Partner

Oracle Business Analyst (DBA)

WP1663 Private Beta/Beta to understand how we can move away from PSN to use networks in the future

Computer-related services

Oracle Business Analyst

DMO - Market data software contract

CO - Software licenses contract

Plan migration from our legacy housing management system and provide ongoing coaching and challenge

ICT Strategic Partner

CCT664 - EA Delivery Partner for DBS FRHS Programme

Revenues & Benefits Service, Customer Access and Emergency Out of Hours

T1923 - Autodesk software licences to subscription, support and updates

WP3422 - One Source Business Integration Partner - AWARD

Provision of an Auditory Implant Service Clinical Database

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