PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

GB-LINCOLN: 475 - Networking Compute Storage and Infrastructure

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

University of Lincoln · published 14 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID4e0c54a2-7a1b-402f-b960-fd1293689c2a-917833
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-0c0ac6e7-ec4e-4448-8d43-5109a0302411
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-339190
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£8,000,000
award field
Tender value
£8,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Not specified
Category
goods
CPV
72000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery
East Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This contract is for all the supplies and associated services regarding the University of Lincolns 'Networking, Storage, Compute, Back-Up and Infrastructure'. This was awarded via the CCS's TePAS2 framework, under lot 6. Please see 'Other Information' for further details. This contract provides the University of Lincoln with a strategic technology partner for the delivery of end-to-end digital infrastructure solutions across its networking, compute, storage, and backup environments. The scope includes vendor-agnostic solution design, hardware and software procurement, deployment, maintenance, support services, lifecycle management, and professional consultancy to support the University's operational, teaching, research, and business requirements. The appointed supplier will support and maintain the existing infrastructure estate while enabling future technology development through specialist technical expertise, solution architecture, project delivery, and innovation, ensuring a secure, resilient, scalable, and value-for-money digital infrastructure across the University. Additional information: This was awarded via Lot 6 (education technology) of the CCS's (Crown Commercial Services) TePAS2 (Technology Products and Associated Services) framework. Suppliers were invited to express and interest and if interested they were invited to participate in a market engagement exercise. All those that showed an interest were invited to participate in the further competition.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release14 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published5 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

CDW UK Ltd

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 14 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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