PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Network Switches Upgrade Project

Gateshead College · published 17 Apr 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 IDb05e1bc6-8c69-4845-be24-aacd7235583e-893063
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-cc675c05-d82d-4031-8b28-929f1898acdb
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Kq65T8D6
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£409,000
award field
Tender value
£409,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
32410000
Local area network
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This is a call-off contract awarded under the Crown Commercial Service Network Services 3 framework (RM6116) - Lot 2a: Intra Site Connectivity (Local Area Network) / Local Connectivity Services, following a further competition. This contract relates to the supply and install new core and edge network switches, as well as all associated cabling and accessories, with access to a central management platform.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release17 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published16 Feb 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published23 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published22 Mar 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 17 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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