Official UK procurement notice
The City of Liverpool College - IT Equipment
Authority: The City of Liverpool College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect award through NHS framework (ref SBS/19/AB/WAB/9411)
This notice covers six purchase orders for IT Equipment which will be installed over the summer break to upgrade our IT suites and academies.
Two previous notices have been published over the last week for Dell. This notice is replacing both of them to show a more accurate spend with this supplier using the direct award process recently.
Notice identifiers:
2025/S 000-038827
2025/S 000-038698
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jul 2025, 11:56 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2025, 11:56 BST
- Authority reference
Req 28066, 28058, 28057, 28056, 28105, 28117- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039557- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055e5fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
- Published justification
Availability within a 2 week period for all items, custom specification, warranty, integrates with current software solutions for management and update processes. Using an alternative supplier would not be beneficial due to the greater costs of integrations through staff time and so, would not prove to be economically as beneficial. Current Dell for all desktop and server solution. All products required are to be made available from the sole supplier.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published14 Jul 2025, 11:56 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Corporation Ltd15 Jul 2025 – 31 Jul 2025 | £343,006 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DELL CORPORATION LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender