# Server 2016 License Requirements

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £124,343
- Tender value: £124,342
- Award date: 12 June 2019
- Published: 1 October 2019
- Contract start: 12 July 2019
- Contract end: 11 July 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f90a1451-d482-42a1-9385-b6fde926b6f0-317134
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-30ecf257-18c2-45a9-a605-437836897aca

## Description

The GMC are upgrading to Windows Server 2016 in the coming months and because of this we need to upgrade our Windows server licences across the estate\. We currently have a mixture of Physical and virtual servers that we need to licence\. We would like to purchase the licenses on a perpetual agreement with no Software Assurance\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f90a1451-d482-42a1-9385-b6fde926b6f0-317134)