Estimated Value
Up to £745,562
Deadline
23 November 2026
16 days remaining
Published
27 October 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Buyer
- BMet College
- Estimated value
- £745,562
- Closing date
- 23 November 2026 (15 days left)
- Published
- 27 October 2026
- Location
- West Midlands
- Type
- open procedure
- Published on
- Find a Tender
Overview
You are invited to submit a Tender for the provision of a Network Switch Refresh for Birmingham Metropolitan College. The contract relates solely to the supply, support, implementation and maintenance of the switch infrastructure equipment and services detailed within this Invitation to Tender and associated pricing schedule.
The proposed solution must be based solely upon the HPE Aruba equipment specified within this Tender documentation. Alternative manufacturers, substitute products, equivalent solutions, refurbished equipment, reconditioned equipment, or equipment from any other vendor will not be considered under any circumstances.
Switch Hardware - see ITT & Excel workbook support Arrangements - See excel workbook and ITT
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Published
27 October 2026
Submission deadline
23 November 2026
Notice type
tender
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