Software and information systems contracts expiring in South West England: 286 worth £55m
Public sector software and information systems contracts held by buyers in South West England that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
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What this market looks like
286 software and information systems contracts in South West England carry a published end date, worth £55m between them. They are held across 51 buyers, and the typical one is worth £34k.
208 of them expire within twelve months, and 30 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 73% of this market back in play inside a year.
240 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 5% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
10 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are UK Research and Innovation (96), UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (25), Met Office (21).
The contracts here are most often held by SOFTCAT PLC (7), SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC (5), INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD (3).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society Journals 2027 South West England | JISC | £5.2m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CRM Platform (Donor and Session Programme) South West England | NHS Blood and Transplant | £6.7m | 13 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| BMJ Read and Publish 2027 South West England | JISC | £1.7m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| De Gruyter Read and Publish 2027 South West England | JISC | £533k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Brill Journals Read and Publish 2027 South West England | JISC | £354k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| NCGI Caching Capability Support South West England | Ministry of Defence | £190k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Workforce management products that manage erostering, eJob planning and eRota& exception reporting South West England | North Bristol NHS Trust | £5.4m | 31 Aug 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKRI-5769 Delivery of Data Management System through LaunchCan- ICURe FY 26 South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £221k | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Digital Content - Historical Reference Texts South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £157k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Cashless Parking Aggregation Services for Somerset Council South West England | Somerset Council | £1.5m | 04 May 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| EndNote 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £2.3m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Red Circle Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics Platform South West England | Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Practical Law Subscription South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £89k incl. VAT | 30 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Red Circle Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics Platform South West England | Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| ServiceNow testing automation South West England | Met Office | £75k | 26 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of Caretrack Licensing, CHS Data Management Service, D-RAR (Digital Referral, Assessment, and Review) Pathway Portal & Finance Management South West England | NHS DORSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | £300k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| The Company of Biologists Read and Publish 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £1.1m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Karger Read and Publish 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £1.1m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| BlueCat South West England | University of the West of England | £24k | 15 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| DDaT26077 - Learning Management System South West England | UK Research and Innovation | £21k | 08 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| DDaT25510 - Market intelligence: Data and Reports South West England | UK Research and Innovation | £42k | 30 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| StREAM Production License South West England | University of the West of England | £108k | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CCW and Mac-Lab purchase South West England | North Bristol NHS Trust | £175k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| BCP Highways Communication Upgrade South West England | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £120k | 14 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| BCP Highways Communication Upgrade South West England | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £120k | 14 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Elaros Covid-19 Service Agreement South West England | SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £16k | 16 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5960 STFC Globus Subscription South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £100k | 30 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Accelerate Database plan yr 1/3 South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £95k | 19 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Gale Database South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £91k | 16 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Products & Services Academic Staff Add-on South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £82k | 22 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Cold Spring Harbor Journals Read & Publish 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £521k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKRI-5917 ANSYS TECS Support South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £123k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Anti-plagiarism Software South West England | Bournemouth University | £68k incl. VAT | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6110 2026-2027 Autodesk Licenses South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £360k | 19 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| NetBackup Subscription South West England | University of the West of England | £95k | 20 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Proquest Central Subscription South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £63k | 16 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Oracle Database Licence renewal (2026) South West England | Met Office | £60k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| AutoCAD Software South West England | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | £59k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Salesforce Implementation South West England | University of St Mark & St John | £130k incl. VAT | 01 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-5951 Prism Group Software Subscription South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £56k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
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The full list, the named incumbent on every line and the computed re-tender window are on the expiry radar.
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Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.