AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
First Choice Homes Oldham has published contract details for Microsoft 365 licences. The contract is recorded as active and signed with VODAFONE LIMITED for a one-year term.
Published outcomeAward 1 covers lot 1 and names VODAFONE LIMITED as supplier. The published contract value is £84,000 gross.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold software licensing purchase covering Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, Power BI and related services.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
VODAFONE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £84,000 gross (contract-level value; not separately allocated by lot or supplier) GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 names Vodafone Limited (GB-COH-01471587). Supplier verification matches company number 01471587 to VODAFONE LIMITED. Contract 1, linked to award 1, has active status and a gross value of £84,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document 095878-2026 is described as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is active.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is active.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 10 September 2026
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Contract 1 includes dateSigned: 2026-09-10.
Contract term
99% confidence5 October 2026 to 4 October 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-05 and endDate is 2027-10-04.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£84,000 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 84000, currency GBP.
Lot-level value
99% confidenceNot published
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Lot 1 contains no value amount or currency.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence10 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-10.
Contract start
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-05.
Notice published
99% confidence11 October 2026
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Document 095878-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-11.
Contract end
99% confidence4 October 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-10-04.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceMicrosoft 365 licences and associated Microsoft products
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The notice description lists Microsoft 365 Business Premium, F3, E3 including Teams, Teams Phone, Power Apps Premium, Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power BI Pro, Teams meeting-room licences and Microsoft 365 E5.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 48000000 — Software package and information systems
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Award item 1 carries CPV 48000000.
Delivery region
96% confidenceUKD3
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Award item 1 lists delivery address region UKD3.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceBelow threshold - unknown
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is stated as Below threshold - unknown.
Lots
99% confidenceOne lot (lot 1)
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Tender data contains lot 1 only; award 1 relates to lot 1.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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Information on tenderers, bids, scores and evaluation is not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidenceOne year
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The published period runs from 5 October 2026 to 4 October 2027.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or renewal provisions are supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Technology coverage
98% confidenceThe requirement combines core productivity licences with collaboration, telephony, automation, analytics, meeting-room and AI-related products.
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The published licence list includes Microsoft 365, Teams Phone, Power Apps, Power BI, Teams meeting rooms and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Value attribution
99% confidenceThe £84,000 gross value is published only at contract level.
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Contract 1 provides a single gross value and the notice does not provide a product, licence-volume or lot-level pricing breakdown.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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The source supplier Vodafone Limited is matched by company number to verified legal name VODAFONE LIMITED, company number 01471587.
Notice completeness
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, tender evaluation, award date, licence quantities, pricing breakdowns, lot value and extension terms.
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These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: tender submission deadline, procurement method beyond the stated below-threshold route, bidder count, evaluation methodology, scores, award decision date and reasons for selection.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: licence volumes, unit prices, product-level pricing, lot-level value and any breakdown of the £84,000 gross contract value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension, renewal or variation provisions. The contract-end review point is an estimate based on the stated end date, not a procurement forecast.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
First Choice Homes OldhamVODAFONE LIMITEDMicrosoft 365 licencesMicrosoft 365 CopilotTeams Phonesoftware licensing contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the First Choice Homes Oldham Microsoft 365 licences contract?
VODAFONE LIMITED, verified against company number 01471587, is named for award 1.
What is the published value of the contract?
The contract-level value is £84,000 gross. No lot-level or product-level split is published.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period is 5 October 2026 to 4 October 2027, with a recorded signature date of 10 September 2026.
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