Catalogue frameworks, refresh cycles and what happens to the old kit
ICT hardware is bought through catalogue frameworks far more often than through one-off competitions, because the products change faster than a procurement cycle. A framework fixes the supplier, the terms and a discount structure, and the catalogue is refreshed during the term as models are superseded. The consequence for bidders is that the competition is won on the mechanism -- discount off a published price list, the commitment to substitute equivalent or better as models retire -- rather than on the specification of any single device.
Minimum technical specifications are stated as a floor, not a target, and the terms that differentiate bids sit around the device. Warranty length and whether it is return-to-base or on-site with a next-business-day engineer, the availability of spares for the stated support period, and energy efficiency and environmental certification are all scored. For volume rollouts, buyers frequently require imaging with their own build, asset tagging and registration, staged delivery to named sites and installation at the desk rather than delivery to a loading bay.
The obligation bidders most often underprice is at the other end of the life cycle. Taking away displaced equipment, erasing or destroying the data on it to a recognised standard with certificates issued per asset, and disposing of or refurbishing it under electrical waste rules is normally the supplier's responsibility, and the residual value of what is collected is increasingly required to be credited back to the buyer rather than kept. A bid that prices the new hardware and not the removal of the old is incomplete against the specification it is answering.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys ict equipment in Switzerland?
GlobalGov holds 309 ict equipment records from 208 distinct buying organisations in Switzerland. The most frequent publishers are Fachstelle Beschaffungswesen Stadt Bern (10 records); Swissgrid AG (9 records); Universität Basel (7 records); Office fédéral des constructions et de la logistique OFCL (6 records); Centrale commune d'achats (5 records); Amt für Informatik (4 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 13% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fachstelle Beschaffungswesen Stadt Bern | 10 | 3.2% |
| Swissgrid AG | 9 | 2.9% |
| Universität Basel | 7 | 2.3% |
| Office fédéral des constructions et de la logistique OFCL | 6 | 1.9% |
| Centrale commune d'achats | 5 | 1.6% |
| Amt für Informatik | 4 | 1.3% |
How long do bidders get to respond to ict equipment tenders in Switzerland?
Across the 132 Switzerland ict equipment notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 42 days. A quarter of them allowed 39 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 53. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are ict equipment tenders published in Switzerland?
Switzerland published 10 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 82% fewer than the 57 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 131, spread across 57 separate months of activity since 21 May 2021. December is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 24 February 2026, 219 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Switzerland compare with other ict equipment markets?
Among the 35 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable ict equipment market, Switzerland ranks 19th by number of records. The largest is Poland (5,761 records against 309 here). Within Switzerland itself, ict equipment is the 13th largest of the 56 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Switzerland ict equipment records on this page come from?
These 309 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (309). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Ict Equipment tenders in Switzerland
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical ict equipment notice in Switzerland is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Switzerland – Flat panel displays – Ecrans TFT pour info voyageurs 2.0
Switzerland – Computer equipment and supplies – MP 2025.01.751 - Développement et déploiement du système KVM
Switzerland – Pocket calculators – Appel d'offres public dans le cadre de GRAFOUS (Groupement d'achat de fournitures sclaires) pour l'acquisition de calculatrices
Switzerland – Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages – Rahmenvertrag Beschaffung von Zahlterminals
Switzerland – Computer equipment and supplies – IT-Computerinfrastruktur HPCaTS
Switzerland – Automatic fare collection – Zutritts- und Bezahlsystem Velostationen Bern
Switzerland – Photocopier paper – 25048 - Fornitura di carta per fotocopiatrici, stampanti laser e a getto d’inchiostro per l’anno 2025 e 2026 (circa 6 mesi) occorrenti all’Amministrazione Cantonale (AC)
Switzerland – Computer-related equipment – Ville de Fribourg / série d’ordinateurs portables, de tablettes et d’ordinateurs fixes ainsi que leur matériel associé.
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