Luton Council has recently issued a contract notice announcing its desire to purchase up to 600 new machines over the next two years. The council said that hybrid laptop devices, which can function as either a tablet or a traditional laptop, are preferable.
“Luton Council is seeking to refresh its end user IT devices,” the council said. “The aim of this exercise is to improve the devices currently on the council estate and to provide technology that is fit for purpose.”
“One of the end-user devices that the council have decided to purchase is hybrid devices, due to their flexibility, functionality and ease of use,” it said.
The tender process is being run as a mini-competition via Lot 5 of the Crown Commercial Service’s Technology Products 2 framework. This lot is reserved for the bulk supply of PCs direct from manufacturers, and contains eight firms: Centerprise, XMA, Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu, HP, Stone Computers and Novatech.