AwardedAwarded 15 June 2026

Provision of a Cisco Enterprise Agreement

Leicester City Council · Local authority

In brief

Leicester City Council awarded IT and software work to CDW Limited on 15 June 2026.

The notice gives a value of £400,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 5 years, starting 1 May 2026.

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What the notice says

The Council wish to procure a Cisco Enterprise Agreement as a flexible 5-year program that will consolidate the council’s software licenses, subscriptions, and services across the Councils entire infrastructure into one contract. The aim over cost saving is to simplify the management of our estate of Cisco licences with co-terminated licenses, provides predictable pricing, and allows for growth. The Key features and benefits the council expect from a Cisco EA include: • Simplified Management: Combines multiple licences, renewals, and support contracts into a single agreement with one, unified, co-terminated date. • Flexibility & Growth: Includes "True Forward" terms, allowing organisations to deploy software and add users or licences immediately midterm, with payments adjusted only annually. Equally licences can be moved from one device to another. • Cost Control: Provides predictable, fixed pricing on better EA discount rates compared to buying individual licences and built in growth allowances • Visibility: Offers a centralised dashboard for licence management and to track and manage software usage.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
CDW Limited
3 bids received
£211,005
Awarded 14 May 2026
16 June 2026 to 15 June 2031

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 018634-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 044244-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 056638-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

226

Awards

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From notice 018634-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 2 March 2026, last updated 16 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.