Awarded contract

Who won: Microsoft Azure Credits

A goods contract from TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH, worth £500,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH

Value

£500,000

Published

16 June 2026

About this contract

Purchase of azure credits for continued access to Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure platform. A direct award has been using the Procurement Services Software Products and Associated Services framework (Y23065)

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✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £500,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓This one's been awarded — but TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH retenders on a cycle. Get matched the day the next one lands and start your draft early.

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