FTS IT integrator cancels purchase of Microsoft software licenses

2022: Cancellation of Purchase

The main scientific innovative implementation center (, GNIVTS formerly GNIVC) Federal Tax Service canceled the purchase. about licenses ON Microsoft Information this can be found on the site. state procurements This became known on March 21, 2022.

GNIVC allocated 180.1 million rubles for the purchase of licenses. According to the tender documents, the management of the center proposed to consider the cancellation of this auction. The reason for the cancellation is the suspension by the vendor of the conclusion of new agreements until July 2022.

The American corporation Microsoft suspended its activities in Russia, citing US sanctions against Russia due to a special operation in Ukraine.

The tender for the purchase of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement licenses under a single three-year corporate agreement GNIVC published on March 4, 2022. Applications for the auction were to be accepted until March 21. On March 16, the auction was canceled.

In the tender documentation there is a reservation on setting the priority of goods of Russian origin, but Microsoft products were planned for purchase without alternative. In the justification for the impossibility of purchasing goods of Russian origin, GNIVC indicated that there was no software in the registry that would be compatible with the IT infrastructure information system used by the center.

According to the terms of reference, the center required indefinite Windows Professional Desktop ALng LSA licenses in the amount of 1,205 units, Microsoft Office 365 E3 licenses in the amount of 1,150 units, 20 Teams Phone licenses, one Microsoft SharePoint Server server license, etc.

Microsoft stopped only new sales, and continues to ship extensions under existing long-term agreements, "he explained[1].