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Enterprise linux contracts

UK public sector · 87 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
87
Last 12 months
Median contract
£96k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£66.3m
85 of 85 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
70
Suppliers
26

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most enterprise linux contracts took 55% of them (48 of 87).
  • The median contract, £96k, is 13% below the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) awarded 7% of the enterprise linux contracts (6 of 87).

Who buys enterprise linux

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)6 contracts
  2. 2Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service3 contracts
  3. 3NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit3 contracts
  4. 4Met Office3 contracts
  5. 5University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation3 contracts
  6. 6Edinburgh Napier University2 contracts
  7. 7The Open University2 contracts
  8. 8Scottish Government2 contracts
  9. 9British Library2 contracts
  10. 10Department for Work and Pensions1 contract

Top enterprise linux contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Phoenix Software18 contracts
  2. 2Softcat12 contracts
  3. 3CDW9 contracts
  4. 4Bytes Software Services5 contracts
  5. 5Computacenter4 contracts
  6. 6IBM3 contracts
  7. 7Insight3 contracts
  8. 8Boxxe3 contracts
  9. 9VMware International Unlimited Company2 contracts
  10. 10Ultima Business Solutions2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*25Q1 202626Q2 202615Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 71 · Scotland 12 · Wales 4

Scotland11South West10South East8North East7North West7East Midlands6London5West Midlands4East of England4Wales4Yorkshire and The Humber2UK-wide or not stated19

What is included

Licences and subscriptions for the software layer of the data centre: server operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, hypervisors such as VMware vSphere, and web or application server software such as NGINX Plus.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions
  • VMware vSphere licences
  • Operating system and virtualisation lots in software reseller frameworks
  • Web and application server software licences

What is not included

  • Virtual desktop software (Horizon, Citrix) (see Virtual desktops and application delivery)
  • Server hardware and hyperconverged appliances: another family: hardware supply
  • Database administration (see Database software, support and administration)
  • Desktop operating system roll-outs (see End-user computing services)

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