Andover Data Centre Co-Location Agreement

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
South East
Direct award
4 December 2026 to 3 December 2029

Co-location of existing data centre equipment at the Atos Andover data centre, supporting Defra's Future Hosting and Support contract. Services cover rack space, power and cooling for equipment currently in situ at the facility.

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Estimated value: £4m; Buyer estimate
Published: 20 October 2026
Deadline: Not published
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 3 December 2029

What the contract covers

Services contract

Provision of co-location data centre services, including rack space, power and cooling, for hosted government IT equipment.

Co-location services (rack space, power, cooling, etc), for Data Centre equipment currently in situ in Andover DC

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Services contract
Procedure: Direct award
Initial term: 36 months
Extensions: 12 months
Longest it can run: 48 months
Contract dates: 4 December 2026 to 3 December 2029
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 72317000

Services in this tender

Data centre colocationMain service£270k typicalColocation rackspace, power and cooling for existing equipment in Andover data centre

Lifecycle

Published
20 October 2026
Deadline for bidsNot published
Contract awardedUsually published within a few months
Contract starts
4 December 2026

The buyer

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Cite this tender

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3891775/andover-data-centre-co-location-agreement
Buyer reference: Not published
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-078c1d
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Andover Data Centre Co-Location Agreement. Tender, 20 October 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3891775/andover-data-centre-co-location-agreement (accessed 5 November 2026).