Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium · Sub-central contracting authority
- Suppliers
- Academia Ltd, GBM Digital Technologies Ltd (Trading as Sync), KRCS Group Limited SME, XMA Limited
- Value
- £200,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Portable computers (CPV 30213100)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 061096-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Sep 2025
- Published30 Sep 2025Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Apple manufactured equipment utilising the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) operating systems (currently MacOS, iPadOS, iOS and Watch OS) and any future additional proprietary operating systems which may be implemented during the period covered by the Framework Agreement. The agreement covers direct sales to students and staff of participating consortia members as detailed in 1.4.1. of the ITT. Additional information: Please read the Supplier Guide to Tendering, Selection Criteria Scoring Mechanism, Invitation to Tender and accompanying appendices prior to completing any sections on this e-tendering system.
About the suppliers
Academia Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04771037).
GBM Digital Technologies Ltd (Trading as Sync): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02719704).
KRCS Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01741640).
XMA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02051703).