Contract award · 10 Jul 2026

Cisco Switches for Data Centre

Nottingham College awarded “Cisco Switches for Data Centre” to Softcat PLC for £120k on 10 Jul 2026. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTelecoms equipmentEast Midlands

Value £120k
WinnerSoftcat PLC

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
Nottingham College · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Softcat PLC
Value
£120,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Telecoms equipment · Network infrastructure (CPV 32424000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date10 Jul 2026
  2. Published10 Jul 2026Published the same day

Description

Procured under the NHS SBS Digital Workplace solutions Framework

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