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Network switches contracts

UK public sector · 276 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
276
Last 12 months
Median contract
£115k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£156m
249 of 270 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
176
Suppliers
92

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most network switches contracts took 41% of them (112 of 276).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 35% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £115k, is close to the median across it & software contracts (£110k).

Who buys network switches

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)13 contracts
  2. 2NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership12 contracts
  3. 3UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)10 contracts
  4. 4NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit9 contracts
  5. 5United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  6. 6City of Doncaster Council4 contracts
  7. 7Lincolnshire County Council4 contracts
  8. 8Met Office4 contracts
  9. 9Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire4 contracts
  10. 10BANK OF ENGLAND3 contracts

Top network switches contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Softcat39 contracts
  2. 2Specialist Computer Centres (SCC)22 contracts
  3. 3Switchshop LTD19 contracts
  4. 4CDW19 contracts
  5. 5Boxxe14 contracts
  6. 6BT12 contracts
  7. 7Insight11 contracts
  8. 8Khipu Networks Limited9 contracts
  9. 9Logicalis8 contracts
  10. 10Trustmarque7 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

50Q4 2025*97Q1 202666Q2 202663Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 239 · Wales 22 · Scotland 15

South East32South West32North West21North East20Yorkshire and The Humber20London20Wales20East Midlands19East of England17Scotland11West Midlands10UK-wide or not stated54

What is included

Active network equipment for the buyer's own sites, such as switches, routers, wireless access points and controllers, bought as supply, installation, or maintenance and support.

  • Network switches and routers (Cisco, Aruba, HP)
  • Wireless access points and controllers for the organisation's own Wi-Fi
  • Maintenance and support of Cisco and Fortinet network estates
  • Networking equipment bought together with security appliances
  • Wired and wireless LAN installation
  • Communications equipment for telemetry sites

What is not included

  • Passive cabling, containment and patch panels -> it.tel.structured-cabling
  • Wi-Fi run as a service for visitors or the public -> it.tel.public-and-guest-wifi
  • Firewalls and security appliances bought alone -> another family: cyber security
  • WAN circuits -> it.tel.wide-area-network
  • Outsourced network operations covering WAN and voice -> it.tel.integrated-managed-network-services

Often bought by the same buyers