Software License Resellers Agreement (SLRA) 2020

Tender description

This tender is for the provision of software licensing and services for Windows, Microsoft, Adobe, VMWare and other miscellaneous or commercial off the shelf software sold via resellers. This framework also accommodates deals that may be in place directly with original software vendors (OSV). Successful resellers will be expected to provide added value services. The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) awards and manages framework agreements for higher education and is acting as lead organisation on behalf of its members and also for members of the London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium(NEUPC), North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW), Advanced Procurement for universities and Colleges Limited (APUC) and Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). A full list of the participating Consortia members is available on the Consortia websites. All agreements resulting from this tender should be made available to and apply to all current and future members of the participating consortia.They should also apply to any member of any other Higher Education (HE) or Further Education (FE) purchasing consortium or any other higher education institution in the United Kingdom providing that they formally commit to participate in and support this Framework. SUPC will only grant permission at the request of the consortium, or an institution if it is not a member of a Consortium. Lot 34667: Microsoft Software and Associated Services Single lot for the supply of all Microsoft software, licenses, support, maintenance, renewals and any associated services including consultancy. This includes access to special pricing and terms and conditions, negotiated on behalf of the HE/FE Sector, directly with the OSV by JISC i.e., Chest Agreements including but not limited to EES, Academic Select Plus and Academic CSP Agreements. Software-as-a-service (SAAS) options and their associated consumption models Lot 34706: Adobe Software and Associated Services Sub-lot 2A - Adobe software specific to ETLA agreements (site licences, multi-site or unlimited) inclusive of maintenance, renewals and associated services including consultancy specific to Adobe. Sub-lot 2B - Adobe CLP Agreements (perpetual licenses and optional upgrade protection) and VIP Agreements (named user/device subscription licenses) and other Adobe products. Lot 34707: VMWare Software and Associated Services VMware software, licenses, support, maintenance, renewals and associated services including consultancy, which is limited to the products available via this lot. This includes access to special pricing and terms and conditions, negotiated on behalf of the HE/FE Sector, directly with VMWare by JISC i.e., Chest Agreements (where applicable). Lot 34708: Other Miscellaneous Software and Associated Services Miscellaneous software and licenses including support and associated services, maintenance and renewals. Commercial off the shelf software and licenses including support, maintenance and renewals. To include consumption based models via Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) options. Lot 34709: Software Services Software services including cloud optimisation services, cloud readiness services, software asset management, training and any professional services related to the products sold via the other lots on this framework. Includes consultancy, which is limited to the products provided under the scope of this agreement. A marketing premium of 1% will be applicable to this lot.