Software Value Added Reseller and Asset Management
Thames Valley Police Welfare FundEstimated Value
£123,033,659 – £0
Deadline
24 June 2025
Published
16 April 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
This contract provides a legally compliant route to award contacts, and managing and controlling the effectiveness of these investments with software asset management support to ensure we are effectively managing our software estate to achieve full utilisation of our existing applications and make any necessary decommissions or application removals from our estate.
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The UK government is looking for a Software Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Asset Management provider to help them track, manage, and control their software licenses and applications across the organisation. The supplier will help them understand what software they own, ensure it's being used properly, identify unused applications that can be removed, and provide compliance support so they're not breaking any licensing rules.
Requirements
- Must be a licensed Software Value Added Reseller (VAR) or have VAR partnerships in place
- Must provide software asset management (SAM) support services
- Must demonstrate ability to manage software licensing compliance
- Must be able to track software utilisation across the organisation
- Must support application decommissioning and removal processes
- Must provide legally compliant contracting routes for software purchases
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Audit and inventory the government organisation's entire software estate (all applications and licenses currently owned)
- Track software usage and utilisation across the organisation to identify which applications are actually being used
- Identify unused, redundant, or underutilised software applications for potential removal or decommissioning
- Provide software asset management support and ongoing monitoring to control effectiveness of software investments
- Ensure full compliance with software licensing terms and conditions to avoid legal issues
- Create a compliant route for awarding and purchasing software contracts going forward
- Provide recommendations on optimising the software estate and removing applications that aren't delivering value
How to Read This Tender
- 1This is about ongoing software management, not a one-off project — the supplier will likely have a continuous role monitoring and advising on the organisation's software portfolio
- 2The term 'Value Added Reseller' means you'll be helping them buy software (possibly acting as an intermediary with software vendors) and providing added services like compliance tracking and asset management on top of just selling licenses
- 3Look for what specific software platforms or vendors they currently use — you may need partnerships with major software providers (Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce, etc.) or the ability to work with their existing vendors
- 4The contract likely includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA) section — check response times, reporting frequency, and availability requirements, as managing software assets requires regular reviews and updates
- 5'Software estate' is jargon for their entire collection of software — don't be intimidated by the terminology; it just means all the applications and licenses they own
Tips for Small Businesses
- If you're not a VAR yourself, consider partnering with or subcontracting under a larger VAR or systems integrator — this contract likely requires existing vendor relationships and credibility that smaller businesses may not have alone
- Software asset management is increasingly important to government organisations for cost control and compliance — emphasise in your bid any previous experience helping other organisations reduce software spending, improve licence utilisation, or pass compliance audits
- Highlight any social value you can deliver — such as training their staff on licence management, creating detailed reporting dashboards they can use, or recommending open-source alternatives to reduce costs (these add points in government scoring)
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Thames Valley Police Welfare FundKey Dates
Published
16 April 2026
Submission deadline
24 June 2025
Notice type
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