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.

10,040 results

Closed tender, closed 18 September 2015Published 13 August 2015
15-058 Citizen Portal Soultion
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilInternet browsing software development services
£750,000
Expired contract, expired 31 August 2016Published 13 August 2015
Swivel PINsafe Software Licenses 2015/16
Public Health EnglandSupplier(s) X.COMMunications LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 21 August 2015
£17,500
Expired contract, expired 30 April 2018Published 5 August 2015
L0869; CO Software Licensing - Contract
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) Trustmarque Solutions LtdMiscellaneous software package and computer systemsAwarded 22 April 2015
£571,000
Expired contract, expired 30 April 2017Published 5 August 2015
Software License and Maintenance Agreement with move from Oracle to Sequel
Swindon Borough CouncilSupplier(s) Aligned Assets Limited, Idox Software LimitedIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 30 April 2015
£44,816
Closed tender, closed 1 September 2015Published 3 August 2015
Technology Framework
AmicusHorizon LtdComputer-related professional services
£5,000,000
Expired contract, expired 31 July 2017Published 29 July 2015
Library Discovery Platform and Electronic Resource Management
University of WolverhamptonSupplier(s) ProQuest LLCLibrary software packageAwarded 24 July 2015
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 24 April 2017Published 20 July 2015
DART Electronic Reporting Project
Public Health EnglandSupplier(s) IdeagenIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 30 April 2015
£161,525
Expired contract, expired 31 July 2018Published 16 July 2015
Adobe EduServ Agreement
University of WolverhamptonSupplier(s) EDUSERV (LN)Software package and information systemsAwarded 23 June 2015
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2016Published 9 July 2015
Technical software support service for the MCA Consolidated European Reporting System (CERS)
Maritime and Coastguard AgencySupplier(s) Q Associates LimitedIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 22 June 2015
£45,000
Expired contract, expired 24 June 2017Published 9 July 2015
RM5599 SO-9782 AppDynamics Licenses
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) Insight Direct (UK) LtdSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 9 June 2015
£26,143
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Expired contract, expired 2 July 2017Published 26 June 2015
Postgres Plus Software Subscription & Support
Health and Social Care Information CentreSupplier(s) EnterpriseDB UK LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 3 July 2014
£222,666
Expired contract, expired 23 September 2015Published 26 June 2015
UKHO rental of software
Home OfficeSupplier(s) 1Spatial Group LtdResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded 25 June 2015
£65,400
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2016Published 17 June 2015
Network and Server Support
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSupplier(s) Insight Direct (UK) LtdData network management and support servicesAwarded 1 April 2015
£322,193
Expired contract, expired 31 July 2016Published 15 June 2015
RM5594 SO-9809 IBM Software Subscription & Support
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) Insight Direct (UK) LtdSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 9 June 2015
£77,593
Expired contract, expired 31 August 2018Published 9 June 2015
Student Relationship Management System
University of Central LancashireSupplier(s) Hobson's PLCSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 30 September 2015
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 29 March 2018Published 8 June 2015
ITSM Toolset Service and Implementation Support
Department For Work and Pensions (DWP)Supplier(s) SERVICENOW UK LIMITEDProgramming services of application softwareAwarded 27 March 2015
£5,470,000
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2015Published 4 June 2015
ICT Resource Service
Health and Social Care Information CentreSupplier(s) Aire Logic LimitedIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportAwarded 12 December 2014
£945,000
Expired contract, expired 30 November 2015Published 1 June 2015
Active virus defence (AVD) software license - M86
British Transport PoliceSupplier(s) Caretower LtdAwarded 1 June 2015
£143,500
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2016Published 27 May 2015
IBM SPSS Software
Health and Social Care Information CentreSupplier(s) Insight Direct (UK) LtdSoftware package utilitiesAwarded 24 March 2015
£27,171
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2016Published 27 May 2015
Webtrends Analytics 2015/16 Renewal for NHS Choices
Health and Social Care Information CentreSupplier(s) Trustmarque Solutions LtdSoftware maintenance and repair servicesAwarded 27 February 2015
£114,857

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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15-058 Citizen Portal Soultion

Swivel PINsafe Software Licenses 2015/16

L0869; CO Software Licensing - Contract

Software License and Maintenance Agreement with move from Oracle to Sequel

Technology Framework

Library Discovery Platform and Electronic Resource Management

DART Electronic Reporting Project

Adobe EduServ Agreement

Technical software support service for the MCA Consolidated European Reporting System (CERS)

RM5599 SO-9782 AppDynamics Licenses

Postgres Plus Software Subscription & Support

UKHO rental of software

Network and Server Support

RM5594 SO-9809 IBM Software Subscription & Support

Student Relationship Management System

ITSM Toolset Service and Implementation Support

ICT Resource Service

Active virus defence (AVD) software license - M86

IBM SPSS Software

Webtrends Analytics 2015/16 Renewal for NHS Choices

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