Sector · UK public sector

Tenders in Hardware

Live UK public-sector tender data, scoped to Hardware. 70 awards we have tracked, with the suppliers winning and how the spend distributes.

70

awards tracked

£38.9m

total contract value

£572k

average award size

14.3%

awarded to SMEs

Recent awards

Latest tenders awarded by Hardware

  • HVE DevTest Infrastructure Platform

    Awarded to DESK TOP PUBLISHING MICRO SYSTEMS LIMITED on 30 Mar 2026 · Home Office

    £726k

  • DDaT26102 - GPU cluster nodes

    Awarded to XMA Ltd on 30 Mar 2026 · UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

    £488k

  • The Provision of IT Hardware (Laptops) on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

    Awarded to CDW Limited on 24 Mar 2026 · N H S Shared Business Services

    £537k

  • SJC GUARDIAN Media Wall

    Awarded to Centerprise International Limited on 19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

    £158k

  • Video Conferencing Equipment

    Awarded to Probrand Limited on 12 Mar 2026 · Great British Energy - Nuclear

    £89k

  • MCA Phone, Laptop and Consumable Restock - Lot 1 Laptops

    Awarded to MTI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED on 11 Mar 2026 · MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency

    £66k

  • MCA Phone, Laptop and Consumable Restock March 2026 - Lots 2 and 3

    Awarded to PROBRAND LIMITED on 10 Mar 2026 · MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency

    £183k

  • GB-London: Peabody IT Hardware

    Awarded to Vohkus limited on 5 Mar 2026 · BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED

    £241k

  • Provision of Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)

    Awarded to Computacenter (UK) Limited on 26 Feb 2026 · DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

    £223k

  • Further Competition for CPC - ICT Hardware and Peripherals Equipment 2026 - AWARD

    Awarded to XMA Limited on 19 Feb 2026 · Sheffield College

    Undisclosed

  • Laptop purchase - Jan 2026

    Awarded to XMA Ltd on 17 Feb 2026 · OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION, CHILDRENS SERVICES AND SKILLS

    £157k

  • The Provision of IT Hardware Purchases

    Awarded to Specialist Computer Centre PLC (SCC) on 12 Feb 2026 · Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire

    £180k

Sector pulse

Who procures in Hardware, and where the value sits

Hardware accounts for 70 tracked awards worth £38.9m in the period we monitor. The average award here is £572k. Hardware is procured mainly by Kent Police, MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency and DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. The biggest spender is Kent Police, with 3 awards totalling £1.9m. Geographically the work is weighted towards Any region. Only 14.3% of awards go to SMBs, so this category is dominated by larger suppliers. Volume is broadly flat versus the prior month.

Biggest single award

£7.9m

Value Added Reseller for Hardware

Won by Computacenter UK Ltd. on 21 Jan 2026

Busiest month

Jan 26

12 awards published, totalling £14.7m.

Last 30 days vs the prior 30: roughly flat.

Where the awards land

  • Any region34%
  • 17%
  • East of England15%
  • North East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South West,Scotland,Wales,Northern Ireland10%
  • South East8%

Top suppliers

Who is winning the work

Probrand Limited

3 awards · £4.2m total

Softcat Ltd

3 awards · £335k total

Softcat Plc

2 awards · £4.4m total

Boxxe Limited

2 awards · £3.1m total

Dell Corporation Ltd

2 awards · £2.4m total

COMPUTACENTER PLC

2 awards · £1.8m total

Dell Corporation Limited

2 awards · £1.2m total

MTI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

2 awards · £833k total

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