Official UK procurement notice
Software Licenses for Schools and Academies
Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is an information gathering exercise named Preliminary Market Engagement. The purpose of this exercise is to gather information from suppliers who provide Software Licenses & Associated Services for Academies and Schools, outlined within the document available on Multiquote, to assist in forming the framework to meet the members requirement.
We are looking to review the lot structure of the framework and engage with potential suppliers to create a proposed basket of goods to meet our varying member’s needs.
Following this, we aim to go out to tender, to form a framework that offers Software Licenses & Associated Services for Academies and Schools to the education sector
Please complete the questionnaire along with the Preliminary Market Engagement Declaration. Details are available via MultiQuote: suppliers.multiquote.com ↗. MultiQuote reference CA16627
Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to Further Education Institutions, Universities, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums and other similar organisations who are CPC Members (www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php ↗) and all CPC future members (www.gov.uk/guidance/get-informa… ↗). Local Authorities may also wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments.
If you wish to be involved in this Preliminary Market Engagement, please complete the questionnaire and sign and return the embedded Preliminary Market Declaration document by 11.59pm on 20th November 2025. MultiQuote reference CA16627
CPV: Software package suites
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2025, 15:54 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2025, 15:54 BST
- Authority reference
CA16627- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068300- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d39dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Oct 2025 → 15 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published367 days ago24 Oct 2025, 15:54 BST
- Market engagement340 days ago20 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Engagement
- Tender notice expected294 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts104 days ago15 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Oct 2025, 15:54 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender