Pipeline

Microsoft E5 Licensing

  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-023684

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051a1a

Published 21 May 2025, 11:04am



Scope

Description

Sandwell Council will require Microsoft E5 Licences. E5 is recognised across the public sector as being the preferred level of licensing where cyber security resilience is seen as being important.

The higher level E5 licensing includes tools for increased protection of the council's business applications and data.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

The information in this UK1 Pipeline Notice is purely for information, and no further details are available at this stage. Please do not contact the DIO contracting authority regarding this UK1 Pipeline Notice. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice if the opportunity progresses.

(PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY)

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 3 October 2027 to 2 October 2029
  • 2 years

Main category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Procedure

Procedure type

Award under framework

Above or below total value threshold

Above or equal to threshold


Contracting authority

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJHD-8764-YRJJ

Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street

Oldbury

B69 3DE

United Kingdom

Region: UKG37 - Sandwell

Organisation type: Public authority - central government