Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Historic England · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Software One UK Ltd
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 103386-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Oct 2026
- Published30 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Software Procurement Services: To provide HE with licenses for the following 'Essential Software': o Adobe Acrobat Pro o Adobe XD o Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps o Adobe Illustrator o Adobe InDesign o Adobe Lightroom Single App o Adobe Photoshop o Adobe Premiere o AutoDesk - Autocad incl. specialised toolsets o Autocad LT o AutoDesk Flex Tokens o Cloudflare enterprise subscription o ManageEngine Endpoint Central Cloud Security Edition - Subscription, Endpoints, Servers, Technicians o Nitro PDF o SAP CRYSTAL Reports To provide HE with licenses for as much of the following 'Other Software' as possible: o Articulate 360 o Avepoint Records Management o Axisvm o Bluebeam o Dragon (Nuance) o Geosoft Oasis Software o IESVE Software Expert (Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd) o IBM SPSS o MATLAB and Simulink o MindManager o NBS Chorus (Building Specification Software) o Open Athens o Portfolio \ Extensis o Sketchup o SNAP Customer Survey Software o Softlink Library Management System o Spa…
About the supplier
Software One UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06629601).