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

Awarded contractPublished 25 July 2018
Programming services of packaged software products
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSupplier(s) Softcat PLCProgramming services of packaged software productsAwarded 31 May 2018
£1,339,718
Expired contract, expired 23 April 2018Published 25 July 2018
ELK Software as a Service for Service & Delivery Team for GOV.UK
Government Digital ServiceSupplier(s) Logit.io LtdIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 17 April 2017
£33,000
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 23 July 2018
Electricity distribution and control apparatus
Sellafield LimitedElectricity distribution and control apparatus
£4,000,000
Expired contract, expired 14 March 2019Published 23 July 2018
Industrial lasers
Diamond Light Source LtdSupplier(s) Photonic Solutions LtdIndustrial lasersAwarded 17 July 2018
Value not stated
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 18 July 2018
Software package and information systems
Lincolnshire County CouncilSoftware package and information systems
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 15 August 2018Published 17 July 2018
ICT12913 GLA Correspondence Management System
Transport for LondonComputer-related services
£120,000
Closed tender, closed 31 July 2018Published 17 July 2018
ICT12913 GLA Correspondence Management System
Transport for LondonComputer-related services
£120,000
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2019Published 17 July 2018
Secure Digital Publisher SAAS Licence and Development Services
Care Quality CommissionSupplier(s) AXIS12 LTDIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 28 March 2018
£224,400
Closed tender, closed 16 August 2018Published 16 July 2018
Cambridge City Council - Enterprise Portfolio Management Solution (EPMS)
Cambridge City CouncilIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 30 July 2018Published 16 July 2018
Crown Marketplace Foundation
Crown Commercial Service
£900,000
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Closed tender, closed 16 August 2018Published 16 July 2018
Cambridge City Council - Enterprise Portfolio Management Solution (EPMS)
Cambridge City CouncilIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£262,500
Expired contract, expired 30 June 2019Published 13 July 2018
Workplace Performance Assessment Software Licencing
Valuation Office AgencySupplier(s) Clear ReviewSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 1 May 2018
£31,176
Closed tender, closed 15 August 2018Published 13 July 2018
Software package and information systems
Financial Conduct AuthoritySales, marketing and business intelligence software package
Value not stated
Awarded contractPublished 13 July 2018
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
University of East AngliaSupplier(s) TargetXIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 12 July 2018
£672,003
Expired contract, expired 30 November 2018Published 13 July 2018
Ares Prism G2 software, Hosting and Services, including support.
High Speed Two (HS2) LtdSupplier(s) ARES Software UK LTDIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 31 May 2018
£396,420
Closed tender, closed 9 August 2018Published 12 July 2018
Safend Software Subscription
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 31 May 2020Published 12 July 2018
Learning & performance tolll licencing for wokplace application
Valuation Office AgencySupplier(s) Learning Pool LtdSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 29 May 2018
£57,100
Closed tender, closed 9 August 2018Published 12 July 2018
Safend Software Subscription
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£30,000
Expired contract, expired 31 December 2019Published 12 July 2018
Workplace Teleconference Arrangements
Valuation Office AgencySupplier(s) British Telecommunications PLCSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 16 June 2018
£126,750
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 11 July 2018
Car park control equipment
ESPOSoftware package and information systems
£60,000,000

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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Programming services of packaged software products

ELK Software as a Service for Service & Delivery Team for GOV.UK

Electricity distribution and control apparatus

Industrial lasers

Software package and information systems

ICT12913 GLA Correspondence Management System

ICT12913 GLA Correspondence Management System

Secure Digital Publisher SAAS Licence and Development Services

Cambridge City Council - Enterprise Portfolio Management Solution (EPMS)

Crown Marketplace Foundation

Cambridge City Council - Enterprise Portfolio Management Solution (EPMS)

Workplace Performance Assessment Software Licencing

Software package and information systems

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Ares Prism G2 software, Hosting and Services, including support.

Safend Software Subscription

Learning & performance tolll licencing for wokplace application

Safend Software Subscription

Workplace Teleconference Arrangements

Car park control equipment

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