Contract award · 30 Jan 2026

Refresh Network Hardware Farnborough 2026

Genomics England Limited awarded “Refresh Network Hardware Farnborough 2026” to British Telecommunications PLC for £135k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionOffice & computing equipmentLondon

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Genomics England Limited · Body governed by public law
Value
£134,735.02
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date30 Jan 2026
  2. Published31 Jan 2026Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

Replacement network hardware for Farnborough data centre to include spine switches and leaf switches

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