DDaT26245 - Cloud Security Subscription
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDEstimated Value
£819,999 – £0
Deadline
24 July 2026
Published
6 August 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Estimated value
- From £819,999
- Closing date
- 24 July 2026 (closed)
- Published
- 6 August 2026
- Location
- England
- CPV code
- 48000000 Software package and information systems
- Contract ends
- 31 July 2031 (expect a re-tender before then)
- Likely incumbent
- Softcat PLC, current contract ends October 2029
- Published on
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Overview
***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** UK Shared business Serviced Ltd (UKSBS) had a requirement for the provision of cloud security services. This procurement is being concluded following a mini-competition under the Software Licence Reseller & Consultancy Services ITS4052 SU - Lot 4 The initial contract value is £819,999.10 excluding VAT.
A variation has been actioned to reduce the value to £812,456.30 excluding VAT. There is a a non-committed contingency allowance of £137,543.70 excluding VAT for additional licences that may be purchased during the contract term, subject to approval. The total maximum contract value including the non-committal contingency value shall not exceed £950,000.00 excluding VAT.
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Award Details
Softcat plc
£819,999
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Softcat PLC
5 contracts wonlatest 11 Sept 2026ends 26 Oct 2029£2m
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
6 August 2026
Submission deadline
24 July 2026
Renewal expected60% confident
July 2028
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (23 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jul 2028).
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