Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-16
Buyer: Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48190000 | 48210000 | 48213000 | 48218000
Estimated value: 140000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: This tender is for the provision of software license reseller services to cover (Windows, Adobe, VMware and other) software sold via resellers but to also accommodate framework deals that may be in place directly with manufacturers. Institutions purchase much of their software from resellers and it is expected that Framework resellers would provide added value services.
The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) awards and manages framework agreements for the higher education sector and is acting as lead organisation on behalf of its members and also for members of the London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC), North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW), Advanced Procurement for universities and Colleges Limited (APUC) and Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). A full list of the participating Consortia members is available on the Consortia websites. All agreements resulting from this tender should be made available to and apply to all current and future members of the participating consortia. They should also apply to any member of any other Higher Education (HE) or Further Education (FE) purchasing consortium or any other higher education institution in the United Kingdom providing that they formally commit to participate in and support this Framework. SUPC will only grant permission at the request of the consortium, or an institution if it is not a member of a Consortium.
Microsoft software and license procurement and support inclusive of maintenance and renewal. Associated services including consultancy which is limited to the products available via this lot.
Microsoft software and license procurement and support inclusive of maintenance and renewal. Associated services including consultancy which is limited to the products available via this lot. This includes access to special pricing and terms and conditions which may be in place direct with the manufacturer but are not limited to EES and Select Plus agreements.
Adobe software specific to ETLA agreements (site licences, multi-site or unlimited) inclusive of maintenance and renewal and associated services including consultancy specific to this agreement.
Adobe software and license procurement and support inclusive of maintenance and renewal. Adobe CLP Agreements (perpetual licenses and optional upgrade protection) and VIP Agreements (named user/device subscription licenses).
Adobe software specific to ETLA agreements (site licences, multi-site or unlimited) inclusive of maintenance and renewal and associated services including consultancy specific to this agreement. This includes access to special pricing and terms and conditions which may be in place with the manufacturer.
Adobe software and license procurement and support inclusive of maintenance and renewal. Adobe CLP Agreements (perpetual licenses and optional upgrade protection) and VIP Agreements (named user/device subscription licenses) where special pricing and terms and conditions may be in place with the manufacturer.
VMware software and license procurement and support inclusive of maintenance and renewal. Associated services including consultancy which is limited to the products available via this lot.
VMware software and license procurement and support inclusive of maintenance and renewal. Associated services including consultancy which is limited to the products available via this lot. This includes access to special pricing and terms and conditions which may be in place with manufacturers.
Miscellaneous software and license procurement and associated services and support including maintenance and renewal. This includes, but is not limited to IT Security Software and support.
Miscellaneous software and license procurement and associated services and support including maintenance and renewal. This includes, but is not limited to IT Security Software and support. This includes access to special pricing and terms and conditions which may be in place with manufacturers.
Software services, including but not limited to, Software Asset Management software procurement and associated services, software auditing services and professional services including consultancy which is limited to the products provided under the scope of this agreement.
SUPC is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for the supply of Software license reseller services to cover Microsoft, Adobe, VMWare and other software and related services sold via resellers to the relevant community but to also accommodate deals that may be in place directly with manufacturers. This agreement will be split into the following lots:

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