Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 30000000·Supplies · division·10 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 96 lots from 83 competitions run by 67 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 48 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 48 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 641 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 52 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 30 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LoRaWAN Gateways and Sensors for Culverts | City & County of Swansea | 23 Nov 2026 | 20d | £70,000 |
| Maiden Erlegh Trust - Mobile Device Scheme | Maiden Erlegh Trust | 23 Nov 2026 | 20d | £6,000,000 |
| Total Office & Logistics Solutions | Kent County Council | 25 Nov 2026 | 22d | £100,000,000 ceiling |
Sub-sectors of office and computing machinery
10 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 1,392 of 1,616 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Computer equipment and supplies30200000 | 7 open → | 201 | 7 | 25% | |
Data-processing machines (hardware)30210000 | 2 open → | 146 | 7 | 17% | |
Various office equipment and supplies30190000 | 6 open → | 179 | 5 | 40% | |
Computer-related equipment30230000 | 12 open → | 161 | 3 | 33% | |
Photocopying and offset printing equipment30120000 | 2 open → | 74 | 5 | 31% | |
Magnetic cards30160000 | 5 open → | 61 | 5 | 10% | |
Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers, printers and furniture30100000 | 2 open → | 36 | 1 | 33% | |
Calculating and accounting machines30140000 | 1 open → | 29 | 3 | — | |
Post-office equipment30130000 | 0 | 9 | 4 | — |
Show 1 quieter class (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Labelling machines30170000 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government30%(481 notices)
481 of 1,580 notices are Central government (30%).Local authorities27%(426 notices)
426 of 1,580 notices are Local authorities (27%).Other public bodies15%(238 notices)
238 of 1,580 notices are Other public bodies (15%).Education & universities13%(207 notices)
207 of 1,580 notices are Education & universities (13%).Police, fire & emergency5%(86 notices)
86 of 1,580 notices are Police, fire & emergency (5%).Not classified9%(142 notices)
142 of 1,580 notices are Not classified (9%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 65 | 38 | 0 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 58 | 47 | 2 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 36 | 11 | 0 |
| Liverpool City Council | Local authorities | 22 | 15 | 1 |
| Scottish Government | Central government | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| British Council | Local authorities | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| YPO | not classified | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| the Education Authority | Central government | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| Met Office | Central government | 13 | 10 | 0 |
656 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 973 of 1,616 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| North West England | 5 | 24% | 19% | |
| South West England | 5 | 26% | 12% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 6 | 23% | 23% | |
| South East England | 7 | 20% | 27% | |
| East of England | 7 | 26% | 15% | |
| East Midlands | 5 | 29% | 14% | |
| Greater London | 5 | 25% | 17% | |
| West Midlands | 7 | 24% | 13% | |
| North East England | 7 | 19% | 6% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 6 | 24% | 8% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 11% | 20% | |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 30% | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract82%(1,328 notices)
1,328 of 1,616 notices are Contract (82%).Framework17%(274 notices)
274 of 1,616 notices are Framework (17%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(14 notices)
14 of 1,616 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open29%(467 notices)
467 of 1,616 notices are Open (29%).Limited / restricted25%(405 notices)
405 of 1,616 notices are Limited / restricted (25%).Route not published20%(318 notices)
318 of 1,616 notices are Route not published (20%).Direct award14%(231 notices)
231 of 1,616 notices are Direct award (14%).Selective12%(195 notices)
195 of 1,616 notices are Selective (12%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold70%(181 notices)
181 of 257 notices are Above threshold (70%).Below threshold30%(76 notices)
76 of 257 notices are Below threshold (30%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (900) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%(16)
16 of 96 lots fall in 1 bid (17%).2–324%(23)
23 of 96 lots fall in 2–3 (24%).4–626%(25)
25 of 96 lots fall in 4–6 (26%).7 or more33%(32)
32 of 96 lots fall in 7 or more (33%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 96 lots from 83 competitions run by 67 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 48 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 48 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
275 of 814 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 86 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
243 SME bids out of 401, on 78 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
132 of 480 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 49 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
17 of 900 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 202 lots from 59 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 1,969 awards to 675 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 15% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Insight Direct | 44 | 72 | 22 | 22 |
| Dell Corporation Ltd | 38 | 49 | 18 | 31 |
| XMA Limited | 34 | 63 | 15 | 26 |
| Banner Group Limited | 34 | 46 | 8 | 31 |
| Lyreco UK Limited | 30 | 39 | 9 | 24 |
| CDW Limited | 24 | 46 | 9 | 22 |
| Sharp Business UK PLC | 23 | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| Softcat Plc | 19 | 50 | 10 | 16 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 349 of 1,616 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in office and computing machinery
30 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 30, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.