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MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED
Network Switches for Medicines Discovery Catapult
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 24 Nov 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
MDC required network switches for its main office location as the current switch software goes end
of life in December 2025. The current switches are a combination of Mellanox SN2410
(25Gbps/100Gbps) and EdgeCore 4610 and 5812 (1G and 10G respectively) running Cumulus Linux.
The SN2410 switches are the Core switches, also servicing servers and storage. The 4610 and 5812
switches are Edge switches servicing clients.
These were to include
- 2x Core switches for the network and servers
- 2x 10Gbps Edge switches
- 8x 1Gbps Edge switches
- Any required optics for connections to ISPs and interconnections between switches
- All required licenses and warranties for a minimum of 3 years.
The switches proposed by suppliers must have been from a manufacturer included as 'Leaders' in the
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN 2024 - ie. Juniper, HPE Aruba, Extreme, Fortinet, or Cisco.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 30000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 24 Nov 2025Notice
Notice published 24 November 2025.
Release 076318-2025
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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07/ Related
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e6ff
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Fri 3 Apr 2026, 22:06 BST
- Read at
- Sun 18 Oct 2026, 07:44 BST
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