# Award Notice for Supply of Cisco or Juniper L3 Switches - Network Core Refresh

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER](/buyers/university-of-chester/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat Plc](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £180,000
- Tender value: £255,000
- Award date: 28 June 2024
- Published: 23 August 2024
- Contract start: 1 July 2024
- Contract end: 30 June 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 0b7af7f5-ee9c-4c1c-8794-6b79ee459625-766093
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f5ad5b70-e14e-4334-8fd2-6843ee7de714

## Description

This Award Notice follows the University of Chester seeking tenders for the Supply of Cisco or Juniper network core and distribution L3 switches under the Higher Education Networking Supply Services 2 \(HENSS2\) Framework Agreement, Number: ITS2008NE using Lot 1 Networking Equipment Supply Only as members of NWUPC\. As permitted under the framework University of Chester may appoint one provider to service this further competition, whilst reserving the right to not award at all\. Please note that values in this notice are rounded up and the contract dates include the optional extension\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0b7af7f5-ee9c-4c1c-8794-6b79ee459625-766093)