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Microsoft Office 365 licences

Victoria and Albert Museum

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Victoria and Albert Museum

Buyer Address: Cromwell Road, London, UKI33, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@vam.ac.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
347877.6 GBP
Published
11 Dec 2025, 13:43
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
01 Jan 2026, 00:00
Contract End
31 Dec 2028, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
MICROSOFT LIMITED
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Renewal of the Office 365 Subscription Agreement with Microsoft for essential back-office software that is critical to our operations. This includes: Office software suite (word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, project planning, process mapping etc.) Telephony, conferencing and webcasting Cloud based document management and intranet hosting User and device security and compliance functionality

Linked Documents

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Awards

Award Title: Microsoft Office 365 licences

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