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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 5 hours ago Contract notice

Switch Architecture Refresh

Open United Kingdom Radio, TV & communication equipment

Buyer BMet College

27 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€891,202
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure Anyone may submit a bid, in one step, with no pre-selection. Full entry
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Description

You are invited to submit a Tender for the provision of a Network Switch Refresh for Birmingham Metropolitan College. The contract relates solely to the supply, support, implementation and maintenance of the switch infrastructure equipment and services detailed within this Invitation to Tender and associated pricing schedule. The proposed solution must be based solely upon the HPE Aruba equipment specified within this Tender documentation. Alternative manufacturers, substitute products, equivalent solutions, refurbished equipment, reconditioned equipment, or equipment from any other vendor will not be considered under any circumstances.

Timing

26 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in United Kingdom: 30 days. Usual length

  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline
  4. Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 2,048 notices of the last two years.

Bid or no-bid?

2 of 6 answered from the register

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €891,202.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Radio, TV & communication equipment.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    27 days left, 19 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €79,813 and €432,390.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

Always verify details on the official notice.

Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 5 hours ago

Documents on Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) (English)

Market

Radio, TV & communication equipment in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€186,620
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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 162 awards for Radio, TV & communication equipment in United Kingdom.

This notice
€891,202
Median award
€186,620
Middle half of past awards
€79,813 to €432,390

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

Larger than 70% of the open notices in Radio, TV & communication equipment across Europe.

open now in Radio, TV & communication equipment
1,373
median open notice
€233,536

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Radio, TV & communication equipment

different companies won awards here
108
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
buyers awarded contracts here
118

Based on 181 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

BMet College

BMet College

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Radio, TV & communication equipment - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
GVAV Ltd 9 €1.0M Sep 2026
Softcat PLC 6 €68.9M Aug 2026
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 5 €6.0M Jul 2026
Vodafone Limited 4 €77.1M Sep 2026
Virgin media business limited 4 €10.8M Aug 2026

Based on 181 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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How we count
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