By | Guardian Government Computing 7th February 2012 08:05

Suppliers get a shot at £4bn worth of gov hardware deals

From tablets to servers and storage

The Government Procurement Service has advertised for suppliers to join a wide-ranging £4bn ICT framework.

The framework will be open to public sector organisations for two years, according to a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, and covers the following lots:

Desktop client devices: which will include desktop computers, keyboards, mice and computer memory. The GPS says it expects three suppliers to be awarded agreements.

Laptops & equipment: including notebook devices, port replicators/docking stations, and associated equipment, for which four suppliers will be signed up.

Tablet/slate devices: five suppliers will be awarded contracts.

Monitor device equipment: to include wall brackets for monitors; desk stands for monitors and speakers, and three contractors are expected to be signed up.

Thin client devices: contract awarded to three companies.

Servers: to include tower, rack and blade servers, server chassis/standard racks, power supply units, server hard disks, hard disk arrays and server memory. Three suppliers will be signed up.

Storage devices: delivered by three suppliers.

Network switch devices: delivered by three suppliers.

Desktop printers: to include printer memory, paper trays and power cables and delivered by five suppliers.

ICT peripherals: awarded to three suppliers.

Non-standard products related to desktop hardware, services and solutions, which will be awarded to five suppliers.

Non-standard infrastructure hardware, services and solutions, for which eight companies are sought.

The framework will be open to include central government departments and their "arm's-length" bodies and agencies; non-departmental public bodies; NHS organisations; and local councils.

This article was originally published at Guardian Government Computing.