Hardware break fix tenders and contracts

UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites

165 hardware break fix tenders and contracts, 31 this year.

Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count

  • Awarded a month£80k
  • Contracts a month1.5
  • Won by SMEs30%
  • Renewing in 6 months3
  • Live now1See them →

Hardware break fix contracts

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35 contracts across the UK, of any size

Live now

1 hardware break fix opportunity is open now

  1. Pre-market8 Oct 2026
    Est.£3m
  2. Awarded28 Aug 2026
    HPE Maintenance
    West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust · West MidlandsWon by Trustco PLC.
    £149k
  3. Awarded26 Aug 2026
    Provision of BreakFix
    Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · WalesWon by Softcat
    £18k
  4. Awarded25 Aug 2026
    £139k
  5. Awarded17 Jul 2026
    Dell Hardware Support & Maintenance
    Digital Health and Care Wales · WalesWon by Computacenter
    £64k
  6. Awarded15 Jul 2026
    Single Source Maintenance Renewal
    Met Office · South WestWon by Computacenter
    £255k
  7. Awarded6 Jul 2026
    CNTR0011941 Extended Support & Maintenance 3 year ESA
    Delt Shared Services Ltd · South WestWon by Park Place Technologies
    £152k
  8. Awarded29 May 2026
    £3m
  9. Awarded13 May 2026
    Contract for Legacy Hardware Maintenance Contract
    City and County of Swansea · WalesWon by One Source It Ltd
    £30k
  10. Awarded13 Mar 2026
    Laptop Chargeable Repairs - 2026/28
    National Audit Office · LondonWon by HP Inc
    £15k

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Where to bid

Where hardware break fix tenders are run

  • TAP1 50%
  • eTenderWales1 50%

Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.

Softcat won the most hardware break fix contracts

Capita won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.

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Central governmentNHS and healthCouncilsEducationHousingOther buyers
RankContractorContracts won, by buyerContractsValue wonBuyersShare
1 Softcat
6£1.7m6
2 Computacenter
3£572k3
3jointSpecialist Computer Centres (SCC)
West Midlands · See every contract
2£799k2
3jointPark Place Technologies
South West · See every contract
2£180k2
3jointLogicalis
London · SME · See every contract
2£150k1
3jointHP Inc
London · SME · See every contract
2£30k1
7jointCapita
Northern Ireland · See every contract
1£3m1
7jointInsight
South West · See every contract
1£2.2m1
7jointCelerity
1£993k1
7jointOptum
Northern Ireland · See every contract
1£960k1

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Who buys

Central government bodies award 63% of hardware break fix contracts

Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.

Central government22 contractsNHS and health7 contractsCouncils1 contractEducation1 contractHousing1 contractOther buyers3 contractsUnder £100k19 contracts · median £33k£100k to £1m13 contracts · median £156k£1m or more3 contracts · median £2.2m
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4 buyers bought hardware break fix more than once in the last 2 years

Each dot is a buyer, by how many hardware break fix contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.

24 buyers1 contract2 buyers2 contracts2 buyers3 or 4 contracts0 buyers5 or more contracts

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Few and big, or many and small

Each dot is a buyer: how many hardware break fix contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.

Central governmentNHS and healthCouncilsEducationHousingOther buyers
£10k£100k£1m£10m123Hardware break fix contracts awardedFEW AND BIGMANY AND SMALLTranslinkNHS Blood and TransplantMinistry of DefenceHome OfficeUK Shared Business Servi…UK Research and Innovati…National Audit Office

Top buyers by contracts awarded

114 hardware break fix contracts awarded since 2021

  1. 162021
  2. 232022
  3. 232023
  4. 182024
  5. 202025
  6. 142026 so far
Prices

Half of hardware break fix contracts are worth less than £99k

Central governmentNHS and healthCouncilsEducationHousingOther buyers
£10k£100k£1m£10mMedian £99k
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The 10 biggest hardware break fix contracts

  1. TranslinkCapita · 29 May 2026£3m
  2. NHS Blood and TransplantInsight · 13 Feb 2025£2.2m
  3. Home OfficeSoftcat · 31 Jan 2025£1.2m
  4. Ministry of DefenceCelerity · 12 Sep 2025£993k
  5. Business Services Organisation (BSO)Optum · 20 Feb 2026£960k
  6. Ministry of DefenceSpecialist Computer Centres (SCC) · 8 Jul 2025£667k
  7. Companies HouseComputacenter · 16 May 2025£317k
  8. Met OfficeComputacenter · 15 Jul 2026£255k
  9. Central government bodyUK-wide or not stated · January 2025£211k
  10. NHS and health bodyUK-wide or not stated · May 2025£156k
Renewing contracts

13 hardware break fix contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months

3 in the next 6 months. The 3 ending soonest are shown in full.

Ends in 4 weeks

DDaT25576 - Hardware Support Contract

UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) · London · 10-month contract
Held by Logicalis
£51k
Ends Jan 2027

C323726 Pulse Hardware & OpenVMS Software

NHS Blood and Transplant · South West · 2-year contract
Held by Insight
£2.2m
Ends Mar 2027

Provision of hardware break fix contract

National Oceanography Centre · South East · 1-year contract
Held by Softcat
£32k
Hardware break fix contract for a central government bodyUK-wide or not stated£1m or moreEnds May 2027
Hardware break fix contract for a central government bodyWest Midlands£100k to £1mEnds Jun 2027
Hardware break fix contract for an NHS bodyWalesUnder £100kEnds Jun 2027
Hardware break fix contract for an NHS bodyNorth EastUnder £100kEnds Jun 2027
Hardware break fix contract for a central government bodySouth West£100k to £1mEnds Jun 2027
Hardware break fix contract for a central government bodySouth WestUnder £100kEnds Jul 2027
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Where and when

The South West awards the most hardware break fix contracts

Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.

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The regions as a table
RegionOpen nowContractsValueTypical contractWon the mostBought the mostRenewing in 12 months
South West09£2.9m£64k–UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (3 each)4
London05£1.4m£51kSoftcat and HP Inc (2 each)National Audit Office (2)2
Wales04£429k£47kComputacenter (2)–1
West Midlands03£948k£149kSpecialist Computer Centres (SCC) (2)–1
Yorkshire and the Humber02£170k–––0
South East02£68k–––1
Northern Ireland02£4m–––0
North East01£16k–––1
North West01£33k–––0
East of England01£116k–––0
Scotland01£28k–––0
East Midlands00Not published–––0
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Key findings
  • £80k a month

    of hardware break fix contracts awarded.

    Typical contract £64k x 1.3 contracts a month, last 12 months.
  • 1.5

    hardware break fix contracts are awarded in a typical month.

    35 contracts in the last 2 years.
  • 3

    hardware break fix contracts come up for renewal in the next 6 months.

    Recurring contracts with a named supplier and a published end date before 4 May 2027.
  • 30%

    of hardware break fix contracts are won by SMEs.

    As recorded by the buyer, on 33 award notices.

How many hardware break fix tenders and contracts are there?

Since November 2021Last 12 months
Notices published16531
Contracts awarded10415

16 hardware break fix contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 13 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 28 buyers awarded hardware break fix contracts to 24 suppliers.

Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count

Questions

How many hardware break fix contracts does the UK public sector award?

35 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 28 public buyers.

How much is a typical public sector hardware break fix contract worth?

The median is £99k, and 77% are worth less than £250k.

Who wins the most public sector hardware break fix contracts?

Softcat won the most (6). Capita won the most by value (£3m).

Which buyers award the most hardware break fix contracts?

Central government bodies award 63% of them.

Which part of the UK awards the most hardware break fix contracts?

The South West: 9 of 35 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, then London (5) and Wales (4).

How many hardware break fix contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months?

13 contracts end and are likely to be re-let, the first on 30 November 2026. Another 3 ending are one-off work.

What is included

A break/fix and support contract covering a mixed estate of IT hardware from several manufacturers, delivered by one maintenance provider.

  • Break/fix repair across a mixed device estate
  • Support contracts for an itemised list of hardware
  • Third-party maintenance of out-of-warranty equipment

What is not included

  • Maintenance of servers and storage only (see Servers and storage)
  • Printer and MFD maintenance (see Printers, MFDs and managed print)
  • EPOS hardware support (see Point of sale systems)
  • Network equipment maintenance (see Network switches)
  • Outsourced managed IT covering desk, devices and infrastructure (see IT outsourcing)