Anti Virus software for schools

This is for the supply of Sophos antivirus software. The software is purchased by the Council via Traded Services team and managed to schools who are participating in the bulk 3 year purchase. The Traded Services team (TST) within the Council offer services to schools, one of which is the purchasing of antivirus software. The Traded Services team obtain the number of devices and servers from each school who would like to be included within the bulk purchase. Once all data is obtained the TST then order from the supplier (reseller). Managing in this way creates economies of scale discount, which is passed onto the schools, minus a small contribution for TST resources. The decision taken to award this contract was made on 11/03/2024. The contract award was made as a Call Off from the KCS framework reference Y20011, using Key Criteria Search which resulted in a single supplier.