UK SBS IT17435 Cirrus Assistive and Production Software
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDEstimated Value
Up to £400,000
Deadline
22 November 2017
Published
27 December 2017
Type
goods
Overview
The Cirrus programme is being taken forward to deliver an improved future technology solution within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The Cirrus programme had a requirement for Productivity and Technology Applications as listed below; RSIGuard Stretch Edition Adobe Acrobat DC for teams Adobe Creative Cloud for teams ClaroRead Plus for MAC Read&Write 11.5 Dragon Professional Individual MAC v6 Mindview 7 Spark Professional Zoomtext for MAC JAWS Pro Screenreader v18 MAGIC v13 Kurzweil 1000 v14 Camtasia (Government) This tender was competed against CCS RM3733 Technology Products 2 lot 2 Software.
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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
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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDKey Dates
Published
27 December 2017
Submission deadline
22 November 2017
Notice type
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