Leeds City Council awards NetApp renewal to SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC

Tender information last checkedLast checked 9 Oct 2026, 11:40.

Opportunity overview

Notice of contract award for call-off contract through GCA - Tepas2 for NetApp from SCC.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Specialist Compute Centres PLC

Matched by number

Published award value: £73k
Awarded: 7 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 01428210

Classification

CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: tender_554348/1618577
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72000000
Description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender Period

Ends: 9 Oct 2026, 12:00

Contract period

Starts: 11 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 10 Nov 2028, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: No
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-61526
Name: Leeds City Council

Identifier

Legal Name: Leeds City Council

Address

Street Address: Civic Hall
Locality: Leeds
Postal Code: LS1 1UR
Country Name: England

Contact

Email: its.procurement@leeds.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-01428210
Name: Specialist Compute Centres PLC

Identifier

Legal Name: Specialist Compute Centres PLC
Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 01428210

Address

Street Address: James House, Warwick Rd, Birmingham, B11 2LE

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8-1
Status: active
Date: 8 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 9 Oct 2026, 10:34

Value

Amount: 72,964.04
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-01428210
Name: Specialist Compute Centres PLC

Contract period

Starts: 11 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 10 Nov 2028, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/888ed680-a20d-4139-a2bd-42e698aaccc9 ↗
Published: 9 Oct 2026, 10:34
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Leeds · LS1 1UR · England
Delivery location · Yorkshire and the Humber · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

888ed680-a20d-4139-a2bd-42e698aaccc9-917211Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 9 Oct 2026, 10:34

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Leeds City Council published an award notice for a NetApp renewal call-off under the GCA - Tepas2 framework. The active award is to SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC, with an award value of £72,964.04.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice; source status completeEvidence: The process is labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”, with stage “award”, display status “awarded” and source status “complete”.
Award statusActive awardEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8-1 has status “active”.
Award decision date8 October 2026Evidence: The award record gives date 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 888ed680-a20d-4139-a2bd-42e698aaccc9-917211
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8
First published: 9 Oct 2026
Last checked: 9 Oct 2026, 11:40
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 9 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award was recorded for SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC. The notice reports a contract period from 11 November 2026 to 10 November 2028.

Market significance

This is a relatively small IT services call-off using an existing framework rather than an open competition.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8-1 · 72964.04 GBP · Active award

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The award names Specialist Compute Centres PLC as supplier and has value £72,964.04. Supplier verification identifies company number 01428210 and verified legal name SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; source status complete

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The process is labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”, with stage “award”, display status “awarded” and source status “complete”.

Award status

99% confidence

Active award

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Award ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8-1 has status “active”.

Award decision date

98% confidence

8 October 2026

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The award record gives date 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.

Notice publication date

99% confidence

9 October 2026

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The award notice was published at 2026-10-09T10:34:49+01:00.

Planned contract period

99% confidence

11 November 2026 to 10 November 2028

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The award and tender contract periods specify these start and end timestamps.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£72,964.04

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The award value and tender value are both 72964.04 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

Allocated to the single recorded award and supplier

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One award is present, naming one supplier, with a value of £72,964.04.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

98% confidence

8 October 2026

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Award date: 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.

Award notice published

99% confidence

9 October 2026

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Notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-09T10:34:49+01:00.

Contract start

99% confidence

11 November 2026

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Contract start: 2026-11-11T00:00:00Z.

Contract end

99% confidence

10 November 2028

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Contract end: 2028-11-10T23:59:59Z.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

97% confidence

NetApp 2026 renewal

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The procurement title is “NetApp 2026 Renewal”; the description identifies a NetApp call-off from SCC.

Procurement category

99% confidence

Services

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The process and tender identify services as the main procurement category.

CPV classification

99% confidence

72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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The primary classification is CPV 72000000.

Delivery area

95% confidence

Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

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The tender item lists this delivery address region.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Selective call-off from a framework agreement

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The notice states procurement method “selective” and procurement method details “Call-off from a framework agreement”.

Framework identified in description

95% confidence

GCA - Tepas2

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The description says the call-off is “through GCA - Tepas2”.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No bid count, tenderer list, evaluation results or scoring information is included in the supplied data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated term

99% confidence

Approximately 24 months

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The stated period runs from 11 November 2026 to 10 November 2028.

Extension or renewal options

99% confidence

Unknown

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No extension, option or renewal-term information is supplied beyond the stated end date.

SME suitability

98% confidence

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Tender suitability records SME as false.

VCSE suitability

98% confidence

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Tender suitability records VCSE as false.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Route to market

99% confidence

Framework call-off

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The procurement method details explicitly identify a call-off from a framework agreement.

Commercial scale

99% confidence

£72,964.04 award value

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The sole active award is valued at £72,964.04.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-f98b512e-fab9-42bc-8971-a8d3f2b8c5d8
Analysed: 9 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Leeds City Council

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The buyer party and process buyer name are Leeds City Council.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Leeds, England

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The buyer address lists Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC (company number 01428210)

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Supplier verification matched company number 01428210 and gives verified company name SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC, with company status Active.

Source-name variation

99% confidence

The source award names “Specialist Compute Centres PLC”; supplier verification provides the legal name “SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC”.

View supporting evidence

The supplier record flags supplier_name_mismatch as true, while matching the same company number 01428210.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement point

82% confidence

Around November 2028, subject to any unreported options or changes

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The explicit contract end date is 10 November 2028. This is an estimate based only on the stated end date, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier name normalisation

99% confidence

Verified legal identity used

View supporting evidence

The published source name differs from the verified company name, but both are linked to company number 01428210. This analysis uses SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC as the supplier name.

Limited competition detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

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No bid count, competing suppliers, award criteria, scores or evaluation narrative is provided.

No lot allocation

99% confidence

No lots are identified

View supporting evidence

The supplied lots dataset is empty and the award contains no lot IDs.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The published notice does not provide bid numbers, bidder identities, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing detail, savings or reasons for award.
No lot titles, lot allocations or individual lot values are supplied.
The notice states a contract period but does not explicitly provide evidence of contract signature or subsequent contract performance.
Extension, variation and renewal-option terms are not supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won Leeds City Council's NetApp 2026 Renewal award?

SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC, verified under company number 01428210, is the supplier named for the active award.

What is the value of the NetApp renewal award?

The published award value is £72,964.04.

How was the requirement procured?

It was a selective call-off from a framework agreement, identified in the description as GCA - Tepas2.

When is the stated contract period?

The notice gives 11 November 2026 to 10 November 2028.

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NetApp 2026 Renewal

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Specialist Compute Centres PLC

Classification

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Classification

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Contract period

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Items and delivery

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Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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Award information

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