PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Provision of Core Switches - FCDO's UK LAN Refresh

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · published 11 May 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 ID977a1df7-d2a5-43e1-b276-611fc92b39a5-896600
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-976a59dd-c051-4b7b-9bfb-810672e21db1
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-151067
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£948,904
award field
Tender value
£948,904
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
32410000
Local area network
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

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.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release11 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published27 Feb 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published20 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published19 Mar 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 11 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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