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Mainframe Micro Processor Requirements

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED · published 15 Jan 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.

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Contracts Finder release IDff2b556c-4aae-4f0a-a6ed-e60fdca31744-879221
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-18afe604-7000-4fbf-bbfe-b1d2d60940f2
Buyer identifierGB-GOR-PB27
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£2,739,130
award field
Tender value
£2,739,130
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
goods
CPV
30211500
Central processing unit (CPU) or processors
Delivery
Not stated
G5 8DF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This was a re-procurement to replace Mainframe Micro Processor Requirements which had been classed as end of life. The current Infrastructure Storage requirement was obtained via a competitive tender by SLC reference 2020-SLC-357. The hardware supplied was manufactured by IBM under the manufacturers branding of IBM Power. As the SLC estate currently has IBM equipment throughout, to move away from this manufacturer would take a vast investment in both time and money. Therefore, for technical and financial reasons, the equipment specification needs to continue with IBM.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release15 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published23 Oct 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published8 Dec 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published7 Dec 2030
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Published 15 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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