Published date: 18 January 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 8 March 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Data-processing machines (hardware) - 30210000

  • Personal computers - 30213000

  • Portable computers - 30213100

    • Tablet computer - 30213200

    • Desktop computer - 30213300

    • Workstations - 30214000

    • Computer screens and consoles - 30231000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £600,000,000

Procurement reference

20220118180107-81165

Published date

18 January 2022

Closing date

8 March 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 August 2022

Contract end date

31 July 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), a company limited by guarantee, is undertaking this recurrent tendering process on behalf of National
Desktop and Notebook Agreement and leads a multi-HE Consortia working party that oversees the procurement of Desktop, Notebook, 2-in-1 Hybrid
devices, Tablet and Workstation PCs and attached accessories for the Higher Education sector and associated public sector bodies throughout the UK.
LUPC is seeking to establish framework agreements for participating institutions with three or more suppliers across each of the three lots. It is envisaged that these
arrangements will commence on 1.8.2022 and will continue for a period of three years with the facility to extend for a further one year subject to agreement
between the parties. This requirement automatically covers Full or Associate Members within the higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html; Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) http://www.supc.ac.uk/engage/our-members/our-members; North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC) http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members; North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC) http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members; Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members and Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
Members of the consortia either already are or may be drawn from the Higher Education sector, Further Education sector, the Research Council and other
Public and Third Sector bodies principally but not exclusively from the education, arts, sciences and cultural sectors.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Mike Kilner

Address

Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia
London
W1T 7NZ
ENG

Email

m.kilner@lupc.ac.uk

Website

https://www.lupc.ac.uk