ASIC Design Software
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDEstimated Value
Up to £620,000
Deadline
7 January 2016
Published
18 November 2016
Type
goods
Overview
SSA placed with Cadence Design Systems for the provision of Advanced software for the computer aided design of integrated circuits.
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
Softcat PLC
5 contracts wonlatest 11 Sept 2026ends 31 Jul 2031£3m
total awarded
- 2
Granicus-Firmstep Limited
1 contract wonlatest 23 Sept 2026ends 25 Sept 2027£36,093
total awarded
- 3
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd T/A Insight
1 contract wonlatest 12 Aug 2026ends 14 Aug 2027£59,858
total awarded
- 4
Computacenter (Uk) Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 3 Aug 2026ends 2 Aug 2027£15,054
total awarded
- 5
CDW Limited
1 contract wonlatest 24 Jul 2026ends 29 Jul 2027£69,141
total awarded
Softcat PLC is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDKey Dates
Published
18 November 2016
Submission deadline
7 January 2016
Renewal expected50% confident
July 2018
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (18 months from publication date + 60 days (estimated) → renewal expected by Jul 2018).
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