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Published 21 May 2025, 11:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Technology Hardware · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

GoodsAward under frameworkAbove threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 28 Feb 2031 · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is a unitary, metropolitan authority located in the West Midlands. SMBC is made of 6 towns (West Bromwich, Oldbury, Tipton, Wednesbury, Smethwick, Rowley Regis). SMBC employs over 4500 people, employees require ICT technology to deliver and manage SMBC services both internally and externally to the residents of Sandwell. The Council is looking for an organisation to provide ICT Technology Hardware which includes End User Devices such as Laptops, Desktops, Monitors, Docking Stations, Mobile Phones, Tablets and other end user ICT Peripherals.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

The information in this UK1 Pipeline Notice is purely for information, and no further details are available at this stage. Please do not contact the DIO contracting authority regarding this UK1 Pipeline Notice. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice if the opportunity progresses.

(PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY)

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award under framework
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
21 May 2025, 11:05 BST
Last source update
29 Jun 2026, 12:51 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060733
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051a1b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:05 BST
  2. Latest notice published121 days ago
    29 Jun 2026, 12:51 BST
  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 123 days
    1 Mar 2027

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 11:05 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    29 Jun 2026, 12:51 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJHD-8764-YRJJ Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender