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    ContractsSoftware Licenses Purchase - Contract Variation
    Awarded contract

    Software Licenses Purchase - Contract Variation

    Awarded
    £91.1k
    Published 7 Oct 2026

    Direct award software licenses procurement under NHS Digital Workplace Solutions 2 Framework with contract value reduced to £89,836.20 excluding VAT.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 7 Oct 2026· 2 days agoviaContracts Finder
    Awarded
    £91.1k
    Published 7 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £91,134
      Pounds sterling
    • Tender closed
      1 Sept 2026
      1 months ago
    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • SO
      SOFTCAT PLC
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 days ago.

    7 Oct 2026Today1 Sept 2026

    Brief

    This is a contract details notice, not a call for competition. This procurement is being concluded as a direct award under the NHS Digital Workplace Solutions 2 Framework. The requirement is for the purchase of software licenses. Contract Variation 001 has been issued to reduce the total contract value from £91,133.55 (excluding VAT) to £89,836.20 (excluding VAT). This represents a reduction of £1,297.35 from the original contract value. Interested parties should note that this is not an open tender opportunity but rather a notification of a direct award contract variation.

    Track record

    57 awards · 39 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, UK Shared Business Services Ltd has awarded 57 contracts to 39 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. SOFTCAT PLC12× · 21%
    2. CDW LIMITED4× · 7%
    3. Bruhati Solutions Ltd2× · 4%
    4. ACADEMIA LTD2× · 4%
    5. BECHTLE LIMITED2× · 4%
    6. STRATEGIC BLUE SERVICES LIMITED2× · 4%

    +33 more suppliers

    Across it software, the most active winners are SOFTCAT PLC, PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD, CIVICA UK LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    a6d6c290-bcd9-42b5-91cf-d8b978c9ecc7-916937

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    Sector
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