PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

GB-Edinburgh: Microsoft Office Licence Renewal

Northern Lighthouse Board · published 5 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDcb9df090-8398-4e38-b4ad-f029259142f3-916508
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-aea5577f-e178-45a5-afd5-0b99a9e3bec8
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-41592
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£413,700
award field
Tender value
£413,700
tender field
Procurement method
Not specified
Category
services
CPV
72260000
Software-related services
Delivery
Scotland, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

NLB are looking to renew their Microsoft licensing which includes M365 (Teams, Outlook Online, SharePoint, OneDrive), Server operating systems, SQL Server and various other associated pieces of Microsoft software under a new Microsoft Enter-prise Subscription Agreement As part of the renewal, NLB wishes to move from M365 E3 licenses to M365 E5 licenses for all users utilizing the Rapid Modernization Plan (RAMP) from Microsoft. Additional information: This was a tender process run under GCA Framework RM6098

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release5 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Phoenix Software Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 5 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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