SONI089 – Software Licensing & Buying Services
SONI Ltd
- Estimated value
- £68,557,055
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- UK-wide
- Buyer in Northern Ireland
- Trade
- IT, software and digital
- Networking software package
- Documents
- Open without a login
- Attached to the official notice
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Quick read
Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 24 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 4 full UK working days before the deadline to apply to take part, Fri 30 Oct 2026 (Northern Ireland bank holidays left out).
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 44 days from publication to the closing day: longer than the median for open IT and digital tenders (31 days).
- Value
- £68.6m is above the median (£1m) of the 128 open IT and digital tenders that state a value.
- This buyer
- 3 more open tenders from SONI Ltd listed here.
- Lots
- Divided into 2 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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About this tender
The summary is the start of the buyer’s own description, word for word. The full description and the documents are on the official notice.
This document outlines the structured process being used by SONI in the selection of suppliers for the provision of Software Licensing & Buying Services. This document provides a description of the services we wish to procure.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 100603-2026
- Buyer
- SONI Ltd
- Buyer’s region
- Northern Ireland
- Where the work is
- UK-wide
- Listed on Evendraft under
- Northern Ireland (the buyer’s region: the notice says the work can be anywhere)
- Published
- 16 Sep 2026
- Requests to take part by
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Questions by
- 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £68,557,055 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- IT, software and digital
- CPV codes
- 48210000 Networking software package
- 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedureTwo stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- Yes, for up to 3 suppliers
- Lots
- 2 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- Open without a login
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