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Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service · Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 15:46.

Opportunity overview

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) has an ongoing requirement for a licensing partner to support its technological and operational infrastructure. This requirement includes securing essential Microsoft licensing for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Server and SQL, which are foundational to the Authority's core IT operations and productivity applications. Additionally, the Authority requires licenses and subscriptions for various third-party applications. The recommended contract will not be limited solely to the licensing and migration elements detailed above. It will also provide the Authority with the flexibility to incorporate additional strategic initiatives as needed, including but not limited to Power BI, Microsoft Co-Pilot, and other emerging Microsoft and third-party technologies. The Authority participated in the Microsoft aggregation procurement exercise led by Crown Commercial Service (CCS) utilising the Technology Products and Associated Services framework agreement RM6098, Lot 3: Software. As part of the procurement process, the Authority submitted our estimated number of products and Azure usage, based on those criteria CCS conducted a mini-competition and the outcome of the mini-competition was Phoenix Software Services is the successful supplier.

Awarded to

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Phoenix Software Ltd

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£990k
Awarded
27 Aug 2026
Award ID
ocds-b5fd17-b4bea73f-fcc2-41e4-8f3b-6e9c8d24f0a2-1
Status
active

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
  • CPV48100000 — Industry specific software package
  • CPV48200000 — Networking, Internet and intranet software package
  • CPV48300000 — Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package
  • CPV48400000 — Business transaction and personal business software package
  • CPV48500000 — Communication and multimedia software package
  • CPV48600000 — Database and operating software package
  • CPV48700000 — Software package utilities
  • CPV48800000 — Information systems and servers
  • CPV48900000 — Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
1678
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category
services

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48100000
Description
Industry specific software package
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
48200000
Description
Networking, Internet and intranet software package
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
48300000
Description
Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
48400000
Description
Business transaction and personal business software package
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
48500000
Description
Communication and multimedia software package
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
48600000
Description
Database and operating software package
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
48700000
Description
Software package utilities
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
48800000
Description
Information systems and servers
Entry 9
Scheme
CPV
Id
48900000
Description
Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

Tender Period

Ends
15 Jan 2026, 17:00

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2029, 23:59

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
No

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Postal Code
RG31 7SD

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Uf466hFX
Name
Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service
Scheme
GB-SRS
Id
sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Uf466hFX

Address

Street Address
Newsham Court
Locality
READING
Postal Code
RG317SD
Country Name
England

Contact

Name
Shuvham Bhandari
Telephone
07785 925716

Roles

buyer
Organisation 2
Id
GB-CFS-50245
Name
Phoenix Software Ltd

Identifier

Legal Name
Phoenix Software Ltd

Address

Street Address
Blenheim House, York Road, Pocklington, York, YO42 1NS

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1
Id
ocds-b5fd17-b4bea73f-fcc2-41e4-8f3b-6e9c8d24f0a2-1
Status
active
Date
28 Aug 2026, 00:00
Published
23 Sept 2026, 11:15

Value

Amount
990,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-CFS-50245
Name
Phoenix Software Ltd

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2029, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1
Id
1
Document Type
awardNotice
Description
Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Published
23 Sept 2026, 11:15
Format
text/html
Language
en

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · READING · RG317SD · England
  • Delivery location · RG31 7SD

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 2ff807d0-48bf-498f-8a5a-cca089eb255f-915079Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ·