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Framework Agreement for Datacentre Technologies Supply & Support and Hardware Maintenance

Data-processing machines (hardware)
Hardware consultancy services
Hardware installation services
Wales (UKL13)
Wales (UKL23)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Suitable for SMEs
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 21:23 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
2lots
2 lots · 2 published items
3 published CPV families
Decision Velocity
~54 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 54 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£3,000,000
Contract/award value: £3,000,000
4 award suppliers linked
Bidding Competition
4 bids
4 SME bids · 4 electronic
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 30)
Based on 1,624 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
34.01%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
3 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
54 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 30)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
Insight Direct UK LtdCRN: 02579852
31 contracts£144,076,044,983At ceiling / not disclosed
BannerCRN: 05510758
22 contracts£1,666,803,322-0.8% below budget
DELL CORPORATION LIMITEDCRN: 02081369
22 contracts£10,187,320At ceiling / not disclosed
LYRECO UK LIMITEDCRN: 00442696
19 contracts£1,305,485,030-33.4% below budget
XMA LimitedCRN: 02051703
13 contracts£61,244,626,363At ceiling / not disclosed
Marketing at the Mill LtdCRN: 03998976
13 contracts£6,160At ceiling / not disclosed
Softcat PlcCRN: 02174990
12 contracts£146,226,298,324At ceiling / not disclosed
Academia LimitedCRN: 04771037
11 contracts£55,402,759At ceiling / not disclosed
BALLICOM LIMITEDCRN: 02799428
11 contracts£642,633At ceiling / not disclosed
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLCCRN: 01428210
10 contracts£150,979,678,047-53.3% below budget
Evidence coverage
7/12 core inputs published
Framework procedure
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
Strategaeth Economaidd Sir y Fflint / Flintshire Economic StrategyFlintshire County Council · 1 Sept 2026, 09:05 BST
£80,000
same CPV family
same region
Technology and Data Professional Services FrameworkORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED · 2 Sept 2026, 16:12 BST
£8,000,000
same CPV family
Cisco Equipment Maintenance and Support and Optional Procurement of Cisco HardwareLeicestershire County Council · 27 Aug 2026, 11:23 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
AT1360 - Fire Door Replacement and Maintenance FrameworkLuton Council · 1 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST
£8,000,000
same CPV family
NW2964 - Microsoft 365, AI and Intelligent Automation Partner Framework AgreementNORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED · 3 Sept 2026, 16:27 BST
£7,200,000
same CPV family
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Flintshire County Council: "Framework Agreement for Datacentre Technologies Supply & Support and Hardware Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityFlintshire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Flintshire County Council
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Flintshire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3Bids / Report (median)
25% of reports have one bid · Mean: 3.8 bids
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
CelerityTop vendor: 28.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 24 active published awards; 24 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 30):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Celerity2 wins£3,000,000—
Recarta2 wins£3,000,000—
Total Computer Networks Ltd2 wins£3,000,000—
Service Express1 win£1,500,000—
Micro Computer Consultants Ltd1 win£150,000—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityFlintshire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Apr 2023, 14:51 BST
Last source update24 Apr 2023, 14:51 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationData-processing machines (hardware), Hardware consultancy services, Hardware installation services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL13)
Wales (UKL23)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0384e5
What is being bought
FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR Datacentre Technologies Supply & Support and Hardware Maintenance
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Apr 2023, 14:51 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Apr 2023, 14:51 BST
  3. Submission deadline changed to published date
    24 Apr 2023, 14:51 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    16 Nov 2022, 12:38 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    16 Nov 2022, 12:38 GMT
  6. Submission deadline changed to 16 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
    16 Nov 2022, 12:38 GMT
  7. Buyer information updated
    16 Nov 2022, 12:38 GMT
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Datacentre Technologies Supply & Support
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Denbighshire and Flintshire County Councils wish to establish a Framework Agreement for the procurement and support of new and existing Datacentre IT Systems utilised by Denbighshire and Flintshire County Councils. The Authorities IT Departments all provide business systems separately to their own individual organisation; however, each authority deploys similar IT systems that support these applications based on IBM, Dell, and Lenovo Technologies. This framework is to support each authority to procure hardware, software, and hardware maintenance to support both the existing infrastructure and new and emerging technologies and strategies that each may develop. The Framework aims to achieve value for money together with partnership working arrangements with a small number of key suppliers to develop data centre-based hardware and software systems and hardware maintenance. Suppliers on the Framework will be key to helping each authority achieve its strategic goals and plans in terms of IT Technologies.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Datacentre Technologies Hardware Maintenance
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Denbighshire and Flintshire County Council's wish to establish a Framework Agreement for the Hardware Maintenance of existing Datacentre IT Systems utilised by Denbighshire and Flintshire County Councils. The Authorities IT Divisions all provide business systems separately to their own individual organisation; however, each authority deploys similar IT systems that support these applications based on IBM, Dell and Lenovo Technologies. This framework is to support each authority with hardware maintenance to support both the existing infrastructure. The Framework aims to achieve value for money together with partnership working arrangements with a key supplier to develop datacentre hardware maintenance
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Apr 2023, 14:51 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 31 Mar 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,500,000
  5. Contract active
    Signed 31 Mar 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Celerity, Recarta, Total Computer Networks Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Celerity, Recarta, Service Express, Total Computer Networks Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Datacentre Technologies Supply & Support
£1,500,000 · signed 31 Mar 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Datacentre Technologies Hardware Maintenance
£1,500,000 · signed 31 Mar 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 1)
smeBids: 3 (lot 1)
bids: 4 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 4 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 4 (lot 2)
smeBids: 4 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Flintshire County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-753
View buyer profile

  • Denbighshire County Council
    buyer

    Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, UKL13, LL15 1YN
    procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk
    +44 1824712612

  • Flintshire County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, UKL23, CH7 6NA
    procurement@flintshire.gov.uk
    +44 1352701814

  • Celerity
    supplier

    2 St George's Court, Kirkham, UK, PR42EF

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501

  • Recarta
    supplier

    The Atrium, Curtis Road, Dorking, UK, RH41XA

  • Service Express
    supplier

    Unit 1, Franklin Court, Priory Business Park, Stannard Way, Bedford, UK, MK443JZ

  • Total Computer Networks Ltd
    supplier

    1 Brooklands Court, Kettering, UK, NN156FD
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