TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Search
Find a TenderPast planning noticePipeline notice
Published 8 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Mainframe Micro Processor Requirements

Official notice

Authority: Student Loans Company (Central government)

Goods
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30)Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£2,300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Nov 2030 · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A new procurement to obtain power requirements for the SLC IBM estate.

CPV: Computer servers · Computer storage units · Mainframe hardware

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: UK
30211200 Mainframe hardware30233100 Computer storage units48822000 Computer servers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
Authority reference
2025-TR-0074
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047296
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Computer serversComputer storage unitsMainframe hardware
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05843e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
—

Timeline

8 Aug 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
  2. Tender notice expected359 days ago
    1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Contract starts330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 02401034 · GB-PPON: PMXL-3278-BCWT Memphis Building Lingfield Point, Darlington, North East, DL1 1RWContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender