The top prior information notices

This week’s featured PIN

Buyer: Adur and Worthing Councils
Title: Provision of citizen WiFi services
The lowdown: Adur and Worthing Councils has issued one of only two tech PINs to come on to our radar this week. It’s searching for a supplier that can support the provision of free WiFi services in public spaces. The deadline for registering interest in the award is 21 October.

The best of the rest

Buyer: Bristol and Weston Purchasing Consortium and other authorities
Title: Learning Management System (LMS)
Estimated publication date: TBC
Value: £N/A

The top tenders

This week’s featured tender

Buyer: National Crime Agency
Title: Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) cloud native (Azure) application for UK law enforcement
The lowdown: The National Crime Agency has issued one of the largest tech procurement opportunities of the week: a £4m deal to develop a cloud-hosted application to monitor suspicious activity reports. The deadline for prospective suppliers is 6 October.

The best of the rest

Buyer: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO
Title: Framework: Consultancy services in areas including operational and strategic IT
Deadline: 19 October 2020
Value: £200m

Buyer: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Title: Replace the signal detection and management information technology systems
Deadline: 29 January 2021
Value: £5.5m

Buyer: East Midlands Strategic Commercial Unit (EMSCU)
Title: Provision of software and hardware managed services
Deadline: 26 October 2020
Value: £2m-6m

The top awards

This week’s featured award

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Supplier: Phoenix Software
Title: Microsoft licences
The lowdown: Microsoft has secured two huge awards this week. Defra has procured £46.5m of Microsoft licences via Phoenix Software and the Department for Education has procured Microsoft Azure services (alongside a management platform) worth £45.5m via Bytes Software.

The best of the rest

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier: Entserv
Title: End user computing and ancillary services to support the management of Her Majesty’s Prison service staff
Award date: 21 September 2020
Value: £48m

Buyer: Department for Education
Supplier: Bytes Software
Title: Microsoft Azure and a management platform for the software
Award date: 21 September 2020
Value: £45.5m

Buyer: Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
Supplier: Various
Title: Electronic communications, payments and kitchen management solutions
Award date: 21 September 2020
Value: £15m

NS Tech and GlobalData are part of the same group