Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Student Loans Company Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Comptacenter UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £318,957.20
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Dec 2024
- Published3 Jan 2025Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Currently SLC have an agreement to support and service their existing Data Encryption hardware manufactured by the company Thales. This includes a 24/7 on call agreement to provide technical support and in addition to provide any required spare parts for the Hardware if required. The primary reason for this tender for a replacement to the current operating system was the information provided to SLC by the current supplier Thales informing them the current hardware being used was becoming "end of life" meaning spares could no longer be obtained and as such could no longer be supported to be serviced. If the hardware was not "end of life" the requirements of this tender would be for a renewal of licences and hardware service and support, as per the previous tender, as the view from SLC Security personnel was the hardware was suitable for purpose. SLC undertook market research in order to ascertain the most appropriate replacement for the current hardware being used. Three options were l…
About the supplier
Comptacenter UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01584718).