Data-processing machines (hardware): UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 30210000Supplies · classin Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

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-processing machines (hardware)

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

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
  • Other public bodies 23% (76 notices)
  • Central government 22% (73 notices)
  • Local authorities 15% (48 notices)
  • Education & universities 14% (45 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 6% (21 notices)
  • Not classified 19% (63 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Scottish Governmentnot classified1020
Ministry of DefenceCentral government820
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY TRUSTOther public bodies710
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilLocal authorities710
YPOnot classified700
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)not classified600
UK Research and InnovationCentral government600
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government511
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDCentral government510
Thames Valley PolicePolice, fire & emergency500

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 209 of 339 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
South West England40 · 19%725%64%
South East England34 · 16%731%62%
Scotland34 · 16%
Yorkshire and the Humber32 · 15%725%100%
Greater London30 · 14%
Wales (Cymru)29 · 14%
West Midlands28 · 13%817%60%
North East England26 · 12%725%53%
East of England24 · 11%
North West England23 · 11%
East Midlands19 · 9%
Northern Ireland13 · 6%

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 71% (241 notices)
  • Framework 26% (87 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (11 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 40% (135 notices)
  • Route not published 24% (83 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 18% (61 notices)
  • Selective 17% (59 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 81% (46 notices)
  • Below threshold 19% (11 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=60median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (143) · 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=39
  • 1 bid 10% (4)
  • 2–3 18% (7)
  • 4–6 15% (6)
  • 7 or more 56% (22)
Contract value, net
p25 £85,000median £268,749p75 £1,750,000
interquartile range of 89 awards · p90 £7,200,000
Typical bids per lot7robust · n=35middle half 3–8
Competed70%robust · n=143open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs65%robust · n=139of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs22%robust · n=68single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally31%robust · n=49winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned1%robust · n=143cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot9robust · n=3051 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 460 awards to 198 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 31% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 71 of 339 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

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 3021. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 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 3021. 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.