Purpose

Surrey County
Council’s current Microsoft three-year licence agreement
comes to an end in June 2025 so to continue using Microsoft, it is
necessary to enter into new three-year Microsoft Enterprise
Agreements for the supply of Microsoft licencing and associated
support services. This includes operating systems, user access
licences and other software such as Microsoft Office providing
email, word processing and spreadsheet functionality - all critical
for the Council to carry out their functions.
Microsoft use a tier of
external reseller companies to act as their sales force, these
companies are referred to as Licencing Solution Partners (LSPs).
The procurement of a Microsoft Partner and associated licences is
co-ordinated across Surrey, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove
councils as a joint market exercise resulting in separate contracts
for each authority.

This contract was listed within the Annual
Procurement Forward Plan which was reviewed by Cabinet who granted
the delegation of contract award to the Deputy Chief Executive and
Executive Director of Resources (s151).