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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

GMCA 1864 Replacement of Core Data Centre Switches

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£54k
Awarded2 Apr 2026
Published23 Apr 2026
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£54ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the IT Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The existing switches used within our data centres reach end of vendor support.

Operating unsupported core infrastructure presents unacceptable operational and security risks.

Replacement is required to maintain service resilience and vendor support.

The existing switches were procured under historic arrangements and are now at end of lifecycle.

Supply of four switches and 12 months support.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The existing switches used within our data

The existing switches used within our data centres reach end of vendor support.

02

Replacement is required to maintain service resilience

Replacement is required to maintain service resilience and vendor support.

03

Supply of four switches and 12 months

Supply of four switches and 12 months support.

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Source & provenance
OCID
2663172a-2d29-411a-bc6b-95a450d27828
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
GMCA001-DN813966-56061000
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