Data equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 32580000Supplies · classin Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in data equipment

3 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Network Services 4Framework11 lotsGovernment Commercial Agency2 Oct 202614d£8,000,000,000
Land Observations Networks Modems and Sims - Re-tenderMet Office5 Oct 202617d£208,333
Space Technology SolutionsDPS128 lotsGovernment Commercial Agency30 Jul 20311776d

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 28% (33 notices)
  • Local authorities 24% (29 notices)
  • Other public bodies 13% (15 notices)
  • Education & universities 12% (14 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 6% (7 notices)
  • Not classified 18% (21 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilLocal authorities710
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDCentral government510
Ministry of DefenceCentral government430
Scottish Governmentnot classified400
University of DundeeEducation & universities400
Government Commercial AgencyCentral government332
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government310
Oxfordshire County CouncilLocal authorities300
Scottish Fire and Rescue ServicePolice, fire & emergency310
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government310

78 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 75 of 123 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Wales (Cymru)22 · 29%
Scotland20 · 27%
South East England12 · 16%
East of England9 · 12%
Northern Ireland8 · 11%
North West England7 · 9%
East Midlands5 · 7%
Greater London5 · 7%
North East England4 · 5%
Yorkshire and the Humber4 · 5%
West Midlands3 · 4%
South West England3 · 4%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 66% (81 notices)
  • Framework 28% (35 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (7 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 47% (58 notices)
  • Route not published 27% (33 notices)
  • Selective 20% (24 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 7% (8 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 80% (16 notices)
  • Below threshold 20% (4 notices)
Typical tender window34 daysrobust · n=21median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (34) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=11
  • 1 bid 27% (3)
  • 2–3 18% (2)
  • 4–6 18% (2)
  • 7 or more 36% (4)
Contract value, net
p25 £172,000median £600,000p75 £1,400,000
interquartile range of 17 awards · p90 £19,984,473
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=11middle half 2–9
Competed82%robust · n=34open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs84%robust · n=76of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs58%robust · n=12single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Abandoned6%robust · n=34cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot2robust · n=1222 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 104 awards to 88 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 34 of 123 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract8 notices · 24% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution7 notices · 21% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 6%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 3%
eTendersNI1 notices · 3%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3258. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 16 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3258. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.