Pura Commercial & Contract Radar

Core Infrastructure Hardware Support

UNKNOWN

What happened?

Award notice from City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.

Facts

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  "award_values": [
    {
      "amount": 185000,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  ],
  "buyer": "City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council",
  "buyer_reference": "20261019111021-103277",
  "contact_email": "catherine.mullins@bradford.gov.uk",
  "contact_name": "Catherine Mullins",
  "contact_restrictions": [],
  "contacts": [
    {
      "email": "catherine.mullins@bradford.gov.uk",
      "name": "Catherine Mullins",
      "organisation": "City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council"
    }
  ],
  "contract_terms": [
    {
      "endDate": "2026-08-16T23:59:59+01:00",
      "startDate": "2026-08-15T00:00:00+01:00"
    }
  ],
  "cpv": [
    {
      "description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support",
      "id": "72000000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    }
  ],
  "currency": "GBP",
  "days_to_deadline": -83,
  "deadline": "2026-08-14T13:00:00+01:00",
  "deadline_conflict": false,
  "deadline_kind": "TENDER",
  "deadline_narrative": "",
  "deadline_structured": "2026-08-14T13:00:00+01:00",
  "deadline_time_unpublished": false,
  "demo_evidence": [],
  "direct_contact_evidence": [],
  "engagement_route": "",
  "estimated_value": 200000,
  "expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
  "extensions": [],
  "fully_expanded": true,
  "geographic_scope": [
    [
      {
        "postalCode": "BD1 1HX"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "British Oversea Territories"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "Channel Islands"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "Europe"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "Isle of Man"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "Rest of the World"
      },
      {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "hidden_opportunity": true,
  "historical_engagement_evidence": "",
  "incumbent_evidence": [],
  "linked_documents": [],
  "lot_count": 0,
  "lot_scope": [],
  "meeting_evidence": [],
  "notice_type": "AWARD",
  "procurement_method": "Restricted procedure",
  "procurement_status": "complete",
  "publication_date": "2026-10-19T11:11:39+01:00",
  "published_corrections": [],
  "published_notice_types": [],
  "published_requirement": "City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified Provider (the Provider) to deliver hardware support and maintenance for its Core hardware infrastructure. The Provider shall be an IBM partner with proven delivery capability and technical certifications in Power systems and AIX/IBM.\r\nThe Provider shall also be capable of providing associated professional services, including consultancy, technical design, implementation, migration, upgrade, troubleshooting and project support services, on an ad hoc basis if required by the Council during the contract term.\r\nThe proposed contract will be for an initial duration of three (3) years with a possible one (1) twelve (12) month extension. The Council reserves the right to amend the scope of the support requirement for the extension period. \r\nThis is being run as a Further Competition under GCA Technology Products & Associated Services 2 Framework - RM6098 Lot 1 Hardware and Software",
  "questionnaire_evidence": [],
  "reference": "f4cc1d25-2a4d-40d9-b99b-a746dfb1032c-918259",
  "registration_evidence": [],
  "relevance_evidence": {
    "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
      "software development"
    ]
  },
  "requirement_items": "",
  "selection_requirements": [],
  "sme_suitability": [
    {
      "sme": true,
      "vcse": false
    }
  ],
  "submission_method": "UNKNOWN",
  "value_excluding_vat": null,
  "value_including_vat": null,
  "value_minimum": 100000,
  "value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
  "vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}

Commercial inferences

[
  {
    "basis": {
      "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
        "software development"
      ]
    },
    "type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
  }
]

Unknowns

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Possible services

[
  {
    "confidence": "MEDIUM",
    "rationale": "software development",
    "service": "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY"
  }
]

Provenance

{
  "licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-3b95fc52-ef35-43ec-95c2-cb50573138c4",
  "release_id": "f4cc1d25-2a4d-40d9-b99b-a746dfb1032c-918259"
}

Related signals

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