Pura Commercial & Contract Radar

Software Asset Management Tool

Essex County Council

What happened?

Award notice from ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.

Facts

{
  "award_values": [
    {
      "amount": 324210.22,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  ],
  "buyer": "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL",
  "buyer_reference": "D139PC",
  "contact_email": "amelia.morris@essex.gov.uk",
  "contact_name": "Amelia Morris",
  "contact_restrictions": [],
  "contacts": [
    {
      "email": "amelia.morris@essex.gov.uk",
      "name": "Amelia Morris",
      "organisation": "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL"
    }
  ],
  "contract_terms": [
    {
      "endDate": "2029-10-26T23:59:59+01:00",
      "startDate": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "cpv": [
    {
      "description": "Software package and information systems",
      "id": "48000000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    }
  ],
  "currency": "GBP",
  "days_to_deadline": -29,
  "deadline": "2026-10-05T12:00:00+01:00",
  "deadline_conflict": false,
  "deadline_kind": "TENDER",
  "deadline_narrative": "",
  "deadline_structured": "2026-10-05T12:00:00+01:00",
  "deadline_time_unpublished": false,
  "demo_evidence": [],
  "direct_contact_evidence": [],
  "engagement_route": "",
  "estimated_value": 324210.22,
  "expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
  "extensions": [],
  "fully_expanded": true,
  "geographic_scope": [
    [
      {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "region": "East of England"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "hidden_opportunity": true,
  "historical_engagement_evidence": "",
  "incumbent_evidence": [],
  "linked_documents": [],
  "lot_count": 0,
  "lot_scope": [],
  "meeting_evidence": [],
  "notice_type": "AWARD",
  "procurement_method": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
  "procurement_status": "complete",
  "publication_date": "2026-10-30T11:43:04Z",
  "published_corrections": [],
  "published_notice_types": [],
  "published_requirement": "ECC have procured a Software Asset Management tool which will allow immediate SaaS solution to gain clarity and control over IT Hardware, Software and key SaaS applications to be able to harness meaningful Business Intelligence straight-out-of-the-box. This was procured via G-Cloud 14 for 3 years with a 12 month optional extension.",
  "questionnaire_evidence": [],
  "reference": "3c95a09e-6365-4c9d-a2af-44bcd972aaf6-919827",
  "registration_evidence": [],
  "relevance_evidence": {
    "ASSET_PORTAL_QR": [
      "asset management",
      "saas",
      "software",
      "system"
    ]
  },
  "requirement_items": "",
  "selection_requirements": [],
  "sme_suitability": [
    {
      "sme": true,
      "vcse": true
    }
  ],
  "submission_method": "UNKNOWN",
  "value_excluding_vat": null,
  "value_including_vat": null,
  "value_minimum": null,
  "value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
  "vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}

Commercial inferences

[
  {
    "basis": {
      "ASSET_PORTAL_QR": [
        "asset management",
        "saas",
        "software",
        "system"
      ]
    },
    "type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
  }
]

Unknowns

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Possible services

[
  {
    "confidence": "HIGH",
    "rationale": "asset management, saas, software, system",
    "service": "ASSET_PORTAL_QR"
  }
]

Provenance

{
  "licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-43878ae5-6381-4dfa-8b3b-ea451610bec6",
  "release_id": "3c95a09e-6365-4c9d-a2af-44bcd972aaf6-919827"
}

Related signals

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