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IT Infrastructure hardware and solutions
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £16,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The University has ongoing requirements for a broad range of IT infrastructure equipment to support its operational, strategic and business continuity objectives including high performance Compute (Servers, GPUs), Backup/Storage, Network/Security and associated physical data centre infrastructure (UPS, PDUS, Optics, Racking).
The University is dealing with significant market challenges associated with:
• Volatile market pricing.
• Component supply chain fluctuations.
• Extended lead times for critical infrastructure equipment.
• The need to maintain continuity of service and operational resilience.
• The need to deploy infrastructure solutions within compressed timescales.
To mitigate these challenges, the University is considering publishing a single source framework to enable us to respond with agility and "call-off" from a framework with pre-established commercial terms.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 30200000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 14 Aug 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 14 August 2026.
Release 077578-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 14 Aug 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 14 August 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 077638-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06e462
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Fri 21 Aug 2026, 08:10 BST
- Read at
- Sun 18 Oct 2026, 13:24 BST
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