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.
- How the procedure runs: Tenderers will submit an Initial Tender, which will be assessed in accordance with the published award criteria. Following assessment, the College may either award the contract on the basis of Initial Tenders or proceed to a dialogue stage where it considers further exploration or refinement would be beneficial. Dialogue may relate to any aspect of the requirementm Tender or proposed solution. Following dialogue, remaining Tenderers may be invited to submit Final Tenders in respect of all or specified elements of their Initial Tender. Any elements not required to be revised may remain incorporated into the Final Tender.
CPV: Computer training services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information systems and servers · Network servers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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)
- Delivery
- Price
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 11 Sept 2026, 11:54 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 11:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086338- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7e3Find a Tender
- How it runs
Tenderers will submit an Initial Tender, which will be assessed in accordance with the published award criteria. Following assessment, the College may either award the contract on the basis of Initial Tenders or proceed to a dialogue stage where it considers further exploration or refinement would be beneficial. Dialogue may relate to any aspect of the requirementm Tender or proposed solution. Following dialogue, remaining Tenderers may be invited to submit Final Tenders in respect of all or specified elements of their Initial Tender. Any elements not required to be revised may remain incorporated into the Final Tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Sept 2026 → 4 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 11:54 BST
- Clarification questions by32 days ago24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline20 days ago6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by4 days ago22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 7 days4 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 11:54 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender