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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Provision of Core Switches - FCDO's UK LAN Refresh

Communications EquipmentCPV 32410000 32420000
Value£949k
Awarded27 Feb 2026
Published11 May 2026
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£949ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£2.9m

This is a large award for Radio, TV & Communications Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 6,686 valued Radio, TV & Communications Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has awarded a contract to Computacenter (UK) Ltd for UK Local Area Networks (LAN) - Core Switches Refresh.

The procurement was conducted under the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) (formerly Crown Commercial Service (CCS)) Technology Products and Associated Services 2 (TePAS2) framework (RM6098).

The contract provides for the supply of hardware and three years of associated software licences, including support.

The contract may be extended for one or more periods for a total period of up to three additional years.

The initial contract value is £548,904.34.

The contract includes provisions to increase the total value by up to £400,000 during the initial term and/or any extension period.

All values are exclusive of UK VAT but include all other applicable taxes.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The contract provides for the supply

The contract provides for the supply of hardware and three years of associated software licences, including support.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
The procurement was conducted under the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) (formerly Crown Commercial Service (CCS)) Technology Products and Associated Services 2 (TePAS2) framework (RM6098).

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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