Technology Products and Associated Services 3
Crown Commercial Service · Central government
In brief
Crown Commercial Service has announced plans to buy computer hardware and IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
It is a framework worth up to £20,000,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.
The contract runs for 49 months, starting 1 July 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 16.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 126 awards in the last 12 months).
Framework
Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £20,000,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.
What the notice says
Please be aware that the UK1 Pipeline notice notice was published under OCID ocds-h6vhtk-054f76. Link: https://www.findtender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082326-2025 This framework will allow the purchase of off the Shelf (CotS) Hardware (Technology Products), Software, and the required Associated Services: For Hardware this may be: Laptops, Mobiles, Tablets, desktop computers,smartphones, all peripherals, monitors, printers, scanners, radio frequency identification equipment and human interface devices, etc collectively broadly described as End User Computing; Servers, storage, switches, hubs, routers, back up devices, high performance computing, cloud linkage infrastructure, networking or…Read the full description
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 094087-2026
Last time this was bought
- Won by
- Egis UK – Consulting and Engineering Limited, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd, Telent Technology Services Ltd, SYSTRA Limited and 193 more
- Awarded
- 23 October 2025
- Value
- Not stated, or split across lots
- Contract ends
- 22 October 2027
Matched on Crown Commercial Service, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.
About the buyer
Procurements
63Awards
33Suppliers it has used most for computer hardware
- Barley Communications Limited1 contract
- C21 Creative Communications Limited1 contract
- Definition Group Limited1 contract
- Four Communications Limited1 contract
- Local Council Roads Innovation Group CIC1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open computer hardware tenders- £6mestimated
- £70kestimated
- £59.8mestimated
- £100mframework ceiling
- £301mframework ceiling
From notice 094087-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 6 October 2026.