Notice Information
Notice Title
Apple Equipment & Associated Services
Notice Description
NWUPC is establishing a multi-provider Framework Agreement on behalf of members of NWUPC, SUPC, APUC, NEUPC, LUPC and HEPCW for Apple Equipment & Associated Services. This Framework Agreement will commence on 18th September 2025 for an initial period until 31st July 2027 with the option to extend the Agreement for two (2) period(s) of twelve (12) months until 31st July 2029 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance. NWUPC https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members APUC http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/ LUPC https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-l NEUPC http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members SUPC https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
Lot Information
Lot 1
Apple manufactured equipment utilising the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) operating systems (currently MacOS, iPadOS, iOS and Watch OS) and any future additional proprietary operating systems which may be implemented during the period covered by the Framework Agreement. The agreement covers direct sales to students and staff of participating consortia members as detailed in 1.4.1. of the ITT. Additional information: Please read the Supplier Guide to Tendering, Selection Criteria Scoring Mechanism, Invitation to Tender and accompanying appendices prior to completing any sections on this e-tendering system.
Renewal: This Framework Agreement will commence on 01 September 2025 for an initial period of twenty three (23) months until 31 July 2027 with the option to extend the Agreement for two periods of twelve (12) months until 31 July 2029 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cdc9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061096-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
30213000 - Personal computers
30213100 - Portable computers
30213200 - Tablet computer
30213300 - Desktop computer
50320000 - Repair and maintenance services of personal computers
50321000 - Repair services of personal computers
50322000 - Maintenance services of personal computers
50324000 - Support services of personal computers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Sep 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 20 Feb 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 15 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Jul 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Mary Onabanjo, Nadiia Kolesnyk
- Contact Email
- mary.onabanjo@nwupc.ac.uk, nadiia.kolesnyk@nwupc.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1612348005, +44 1618013
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SALFORD
- Postcode
- M5 4WT
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Salford
- Electoral Ward
- Pendleton & Charlestown
- Westminster Constituency
- Salford
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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