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BuyerLancaster and Morecambe College
StatusClosed
Deadline26 Aug 2026
Value£0
Published27 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Lancaster & Morecambe College seeks a suitably qualified supplier to supply, deliver, and install, new server infrastructure and software, for this server upgrade project. The appointed supplier will also provide an on-going maintenance support contract covering the deliverables for this project. This forms part of a 7-year refresh cycle of it's service provision. Lancaster & Morecambe College (LMC) has been providing further education and training at its Morecambe Road campus for over 50 years. The College delivers high quality academic, vocational and work-based learning programmes and is committed to inspiring and developing individuals and businesses. LMC serves a wide geographical catchment area across Lancashire, South Cumbria and North Yorkshire. The College supports approximately 1,500 on-site students and employs around 500 staff, reflecting a mid-sized further education organisation.

Categories

Information systems and servers 48800000Network servers 48821000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000Computer training services 80533100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 0
Contract periodFrom 30 Sept 2026 to 29 Sept 2029

Award criteria
Price (40%)
Delivery (60%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Information systems and servers, Network servers, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Computer training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Information systems and servers (48800000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 482,5441 median · 6.1 average (774 of 2,544 with a bid count)1.4 average (838 of 2,544 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06c49b
Latest release ID070606-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jul 27 2026 09:03:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070606-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-26T17:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-14T23:59:59+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-29T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£0
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Jul 2026tenderUpdate070606-2026
6 Jul 2026tender063346-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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