Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Student Loans Company Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Specialist Computer Centres PLC SME
- Value
- £2,739,130.45
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Central processing unit (CPU) or processors (CPV 30211500)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Dec 2025
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
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.
About the supplier
Specialist Computer Centres PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01428210).