Awarded contract

Enterprise Infrastructure Refresh

Details

Supplier(s)
Softcat PLC
Value
£3,610,000
Topic
Hardware
Published
24 March 2026

Tender description

Following a mini-competition under SUPC SSSNA Lot 5 Reseller Agreement, the University of Edinburgh has awarded a contract for the supply of hardware and associated installation and maintenance services to Softcat plc. Lot 1: Mini-Competition under Southern Universities Procurement Consortium Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) Lot 5 Reseller Solutions for provision of hardware and installation and maintenance services for 60 months with optional extension of up to 24 months.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date2 March 2026
  2. Completed: Award published24 March 2026
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About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

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