Official UK procurement notice
Server Infrastructure Upgrade & Maintenance
Authority: Lancaster and Morecambe College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLancaster & 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.
CPV: Computer training services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information systems and servers · Network servers
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Delivery: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Delivery
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 6 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 11:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Sept 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063346- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c49bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Jul 2026 → 30 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published112 days ago6 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
- Clarification questions by73 days ago14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline61 days ago26 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Latest notice published48 days ago9 Sept 2026, 11:46 BST
- Award decision expected by27 days ago29 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts27 days ago30 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Jul 2026- Tender notice published6 Jul 2026, 16:43 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Jul 2026, 10:03 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 26 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST27 Jul 2026, 10:03 BST+21 days · was 5 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Procurement termination notice published9 Sept 2026, 11:46 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete9 Sept 2026, 11:46 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 9 Sept 2026 | CancelledFollowing internal review, the College has decided not to award a contract under the current procurement. The procurement approach will be revised before the requirement is re-tendered. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender