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Published 1 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Microsoft Office 365 licences

Official notice

Authority: Science Museum Group (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£951,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 1 Dec 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Microsoft Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renewal of the Office 365 Subscription Agreement with Microsoft, which provide access to our Office Suite, Teams Telephony, SharePoint, Intranet and several other security & compliance features.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMT
Last source update
1 Dec 2025, 17:09 GMT
Authority reference
SCM3939M
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078658
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec57 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Microsoft is the sole provider of Office 365 services, including Teams Telephony, SharePoint, and associated security and compliance features. These services are proprietary and cannot be supplied or maintained by any other vendor. Alternative solutions would not meet our operational and interoperability requirements without disproportionate cost and disruption.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Dec 2025 → 11 Dec 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published329 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 17:09 GMT
  2. Standstill ends319 days ago
    11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 17:09 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £951,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Microsoft Ltd1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028£951,0001 Dec 2025standstill to 11 Dec 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Science Museum Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDTR-3338-MNPG The Science Museum, London, London, SW7 2DDContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MICROSOFT LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01624297GB-PPON: PGYN-4242-JRRY Microsoft Campus, Reading, South East, RG6 1WGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender